The flu/A H1N1 cases in Vietnam have totaled 15 on Monday, according to a report of local media the Youth.

According to the report, Nguyen Van Chau, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Health Department, said among the 15 infection cases, 12 patients were confirmed to be infected with flu A/H1N1 virus. The rest three patients tested positive for the virus and are waiting for the further test result.

However, previous local media reports said 13 people had been confirmed to have been infected with the virus as of Sunday.

The report did not reveal any detail of the latest infection cases.

Chau said, the department decided to reserve 50 beds at the city's Pham Ngoc Thanh Hospital to quarantine people who show higher body temperature when entering the country through the Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

(Xinhua News Agency June 9, 2009)