Swine flu case rise to three in Pakistan: official

The first swine flu case in Pakistan was detected on August 10

ISLAMABAD — Health officials in Pakistan confirmed Friday that they had detected another two cases of swine flu in the country.

The first swine flu case in Pakistan was detected on August 10 and a cabinet minister told the national assembly that precautionary measures had been taken.

"Swine flu was detected in two patients after they were admitted (to the) Pakistan institute of medical sciences," Doctor Waseem Khawaja, a spokesman for the hospital told AFP.

"We sent their blood samples to the national institute of health and they confirmed that both the patients are suffering from swine flu," he said.

Around two million Pakistanis live in Europe, North America and other countries where the swine flu pandemic has appeared.

Both new Pakistani patients travelled from Arab countries and had been kept in an isolation ward with fever, flu and coughs, doctors said. Link...