The fourth case of the A/H1N1 flu in Greece was confirmed by the Pasteur Institute in Athens on Friday.

According to the national Health Operations Centre, the new case involves a 23-year-old woman that arrived from New York on Thursday night having flu-like symptoms, such as a cough, aching muscles and a runny nose, while her fever was being kept in check by medication prescribed in the United States.

On arriving at Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos airport, the young woman acted on briefing material available to passengers and she herself contacted the Hellenic Centre for Infectious Diseases Control, where she was submitted to tests.

The woman has been sent to the 'Sotiria' hospital in Athens, where she will be admitted for treatment and an epidemiological investigation.

In the meantime, the second and third patients diagnosed with the H1N1 flu in Greece, two travelers arriving from Edinburgh, are still in hospital for treatment but are considered to be doing well and will soon be discharged.

(Xinhua News Agency May 30, 2009)