Five more cases of swine flu recorded in Czech Republic

Fifteen cases of swine flu have now been registered in the Czech Republic. On Thursday, health officials in Ostrava announced that a 22-year-old woman and 26-year-old man who had traveled to the Unites States had both contracted the virus. According to officials, both cases of the flu were mild and the patients were recovering at home, instead of remaining in hospital. Later on Thursday afternoon, the Czech Health Ministry announced that another three cases of swine flu had been discovered, bringing the number of cases in this country to a total of 15. According to the World Health Organisation, just under 10,000 people have now been diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus in Europe, four of whom have died.