Two new cases of swine flu in the Czech Republic

Two more cases of swine flu have been registered in the Czech Republic, bringing the total number of cases recorded here to 17. According to the Czech Health Ministry, one man fell ill with the H1N1 virus after returning to the Czech Republic from the United States, while the second contracted the virus on holiday in Thailand. One of the two patients is making a good recovery at home, said a ministry spokesperson, while the second remains in Prague’s Bulovka hospital in what is said to be a ‘stable’ condition.