The Pacific island nation of Fiji has recorded its first case of influenza A/H1N1, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.

A 36-year-old male Fiji resident, who recently returned home from Australia, showed symptoms of cough and fever. He was tested and it was confirmed on Saturday that he tested positive of A/H1N1virus, said Health Ministry officials.

"The man is currently under isolation at his home where our medical team is treating him," the Fijilive website on Sunday quoted Ministry of Health public relations officer Iliesa Tora as saying.

Tora said the health ministry was working closely with UNICEF and the World Health Organization to manage the spread of H1N1 in the country and there were enough resources, including medications, to treat those infected.

All those who came in close contact with the man have also been tested for the virus.

The man is being treated with Tamiflu. A public health team is closely monitoring the man and his family who are being quarantined at their home.

So far, 41 people in Fiji have been given tamiflu tablets by the government health services for suspected cases of A/H1N1.

In a related development, more than 1,600 passengers on board the cruise ship Pacific Star which docked in Savusavu, Fiji's north, on Sunday morning, were checked for flu-like symptoms.

(Xinhua News Agency June 21, 2009)