Five more A/H1N1 flu cases were confirmed in Egypt, bringing the total number of infections in the populous country to 39 cases, Egyptian Ministry of Health announced on its official website on Sunday.

According the website, the five cases are coming from the United States and Canada and were hospitalized and they are in stable condition now.

Meanwhile, the Ministry said that 26 cases were totally cured.

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

Egypt, the most populous Arab country that was hit hard by the fatal bird flu in 2006, decided in late April to cull all the pigs in the country to stem the highly infectious flu.

According to the latest tally by the World Health Organization, 95 countries and regions have officially reported at least 44,287 cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection, including 180 deaths.

(Xinhua News Agency June 22, 2009)