Two Russian women have been hospitalized in Moscow as suspected of influenza A/H1N1 after returning from the United States, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday, citing Russia's chief sanitary official.

They "are in satisfactory condition," said Gennady Onishchenko.

"Both women are citizens of the Russian Federation. One of them arrived in Russia from New York yesterday, the other today. They had a high body temperature, and in compliance with our requirements, they were hospitalized," said Onishchenko.

The women had been sent to an infectious diseases hospital, and had taken influenza A/H1N1, formerly known as swine flu, tests, he added.

"Since they are running temperatures, they are receiving necessary treatment. Both are in satisfactory condition," Onishchenko said.

(Xinhua News Agency May 2, 2009)