77 swine flu cases have fully recovered, says Ministry of Health

Riyadh, July 01, SPA -- The Ministry of Health assured the citizens
and residents that all cases of swine flu virus H1N1 type-A are in
good health, and that most of the cases completed the treatment.

"As many as 77 cases have been fully cured and returned back to
their normal lives, while the rest of the new cases are still subject
to the isolation and medical procedures until the completion of their
stable condition," said the Ministry announcement.

However, the Ministry announced today the detection of 8 new cases,
comprising a 24-year-old young man, a 2 and half years old toddler, a
2-year old Nigerian girl, an Eight months infant, a 30- year-old
Nigerian woman, a 23-year-old Saudi woman, a 49-year-old Saudi
citizen and a Saudi girl of 4 years-old. With the addition of the
news cases, the number of swine flu infected cases totaled 89 as
confirmed by MOH laboratories. All the new 8 cases have been detected
in Riyadh Region. These were the results of their contact s with the
already infected cases of the swine flu.

The isolation process is applied according to the national action
plan for the prevention of swine flu and as recommended by the World
Health Organization.


--SPA