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36 new A(H1N1) cases confirmed in Europe

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-20 21:30

German Health Minister Ulla Schmidt (L) and Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) look at samples of inactive A(H1N1) new flu virus during a visit at the Robert Koch scientific institute in Berlin, June 23, 2009.[Xinhua]

STOCKHOLM: A European health agency said Sunday that 36 new A(H1N1) flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.

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Of the new cases, 20 were confirmed in Slovenia, eight in Portugal, four in Austria, three in the Czech Republic and one in Poland, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation report.

The total number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus in the EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries rose to 16,095, with 1,309 cases in Spain and 10,649 in Britain, 514 in France and 834 in Germany, the ECDC said.

The ECDC publishes a daily situation report about the H1N1 flu cases in the EU and EFTA countries based on official information from these countries.