Vietnam reports one A/H1N1 flu suspected case

HANOI, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese health officials said on Wednesday that a traveler from Czech Republic who arrived in Hanoion Wednesday morning was suspected of being infected with the A/H1N1 flu virus.

The patient has been taken to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology for treatment and isolated from other persons, said Nguyen Van Kinh, director of the institute.

The patient came to Vietnam by way of Germany and arrived at Hanoi airport on Wednesday morning. The patient showed symptoms of fever and was taken to hospital immediately. His test result has not come out yet, said Kinh.

Vietnamese Health Ministry said on Wednesday that no confirmed A/H1N1 case has been reported in Vietnam so far.

Indonesia reports first Influenza A/H1N1 suspect

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JAKARTA, May 6 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian doctor
disclosed Wednesday that an A/H1N1 flu suspect is currently treated in a
hospital in Surabaya, the capital of Indonesia's East Java province.

This is the first suspected case of A/H1N1 flu in
Indonesia and in Southeast Asia, a report the Elshinta radio said on Wednesday.

The Dr. Soetomo hospital in Surabaya is treating a
A/H1N1 flu suspect, the radio quoted Harko Hari Santosa, a doctor working in the
hospital, as saying.

At the present, Harko said, the suspect patient is
isolated in a particular isolation room in the hospital.

Without disclosing the patient's arrival date, Harko
said the patient had just arrived in Surabaya from Hong Kong. When the patient
arrived at the airport in Surabaya the thermal scanner spotted his high
temperature.

However, the hospital has yet to confirm whether it
was a A/H1N1 flu case, he added.

Austria's first A/H1N1 flu patient discharged from hospital

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VIENNA, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Austria's first A/H1N1 flu patient has been
discharged from hospital Saturday after finding no more virus inside her body,
local media reported.

The patient, a 28-year-old female, left the hospital Saturday afternoon,
the report said.

According to the patient, she infected the A/H1N1 flu virus on a flight
from Mexico to the United States last week as there were a large number of
Mexicans onboard.

The girl was sent to hospital in Vienna after showing symptoms of flu. She
was then tested positive of the A/H1N1 flu virus.

Christoph Wenisch, the doctor who treated the infected woman, said on
Thursday that test results had showed there are no more viruses inside the
patient's body after the treatment.

Wenisch added that the patient showed improvement since taking medicines
for the second time.