Malaysia declared four more imported cases of A/H1N1 flu on Thursday, bringing up the total number of the patients to 27, according to local media on Friday.

The Malaysian Health Ministry said that all of the latest four cases were imported cases.

So far, 12 of the 27 patients had fully recovered and the other15 still remained in quarantine and treatment in hospital, the ministry said.

The ministry also said that 10 of the 27 patients were foreigners, and currently a total of 160 close contacts of these patients were under quarantine in the country.

(Xinhua News Agency June 19, 2009)