BERLIN (AP) — Germany's national disease control center says it has confirmed three swine flu cases — making it the third country in Europe where the disease has surfaced.
The Robert Koch Institute says Wednesday the cases include a 22-year-old woman being treated for flu-like symptoms in a Hamburg hospital after returning from a visit to Mexico.
The other two cases are a man in his 30s being treated at a university in the southern city of Regensburg; and a 37-year-old woman from another southern town who recently traveled to Mexico.
Britain and Spain already have already confirmed cases of the disease, which was first detected in Mexico and has now been found in several other countries worldwide.
BERLIN (AP) — Germany has confirmed its first case of swine flu, becoming the third European country where the disease has surfaced, Bavaria's health ministry said Wednesday.
The disease was confirmed in a patient in the Regensburg area, north of Munich, the ministry said in a statement. It said the case was confirmed by the Robert Koch Institute, Germany's national disease control center.
Further details on the case were not immediately available. The ministry planned a news conference later Wednesday.
Britain and Spain have already confirmed cases of the disease, which was first detected in Mexico and has now been found in several other countries worldwide.
On Wednesday, New Zealand confirmed more cases, bringing its total to 14. All were responding well to treatment with antiviral drugs and were in voluntary quarantine at home, senior regional health official Dr. Julia Peters said.
New Zealand has 44 other possible cases, with tests under way.
In Australia, officials were testing more than 100 people with flu symptoms for possible swine flu. The new virus has been ruled out in at least 10 cases.
Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the government had stepped up the powers health authorities have to try to contain contagious diseases, as a precaution.
The new powers ranged from "using disinfectants on planes or at ports through to the far more extreme ... making sure that people are isolated and perhaps detained if they don't cooperate and are showing symptoms of this disease," Roxon told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Wednesday.
In Mexico, more than 150 people are believed to have died from swine flu and thousands sickened. Around 100 cases have been confirmed worldwide, and the number is inching higher. Other countries reporting cases include the United States, Canada and Israel.
The World Health Organization has raised its alert level, but has not called for travel restrictions or border closures.
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