Lao health officials confirmed the country's second A/H1N1 influenza case, a 9-year-old American boy, Lao newspaper the Vientiane Times reported on Tuesday.

The boy showed higher body temperature when arriving at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane on Saturday. He was tested positive to the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Sunday, said the newspaper.

The boy is now being treated at the Mittaphab Hospital. His parents' health is being monitored, according to the report.

The alert level in Laos for the virus is maintained at phase three despite the second confirmed case, as human-to-human transmission has not been reported in the country, according to Bounlay Phommasack, head of the Lao National Emerging Infectious Disease Coordination Office.

Meanwhile, Laos' first A/H1N1 influenza case, an Australian man, has recovered but is still a little weak, according to the newspaper.

(Xinhua News Agency June 23, 2009)