Egypt reported two more A/H1N1 flu cases at the American University in Cairo, bringing the number of cases of the novel influenza to three in the country, the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Cairo-based regional office said on Monday.

"The two confirmed cases were reported this morning by Egyptian Health Ministry," said Dr. Hassan el-Boshra, adviser for communicable disease at WHO's Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean.

The two cases, both American students, were spotted on Sunday night at the university's dormitory in Zamalek island, Dr. Hassan said, adding that they have been quarantined and are in "good conditions" till now.

"It is still not clear where and how the students contracted the flu," he said.

On June 2, Egypt reported its first A/H1N1 influenza case, who was a 12-year-old Egyptian-American girl coming from the United States via Holland.

Egypt, the most populous Arab country that has been hit hard by the fatal bird flu, decided in late April to cull all the pigs in the country to stem the highly infectious flu.

According to the latest update by the WHO on Friday, 21,940 cases of A/H1N1 infection have been confirmed in 69 countries, including 125 deaths.

(Xinhua News Agency June 9, 2009)