Malaysia confirmed seven new cases of A/H1N1 flu on Saturday, raising the total number of such cases in the country to 112.

Malaysian Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai said that a four-year-old boy from the Penang State in northwestern Malaysia was the latest case among the seven.

The boy was infected by his older sibling, he said.

So far, Malaysia recorded a total of 16 locally transmitted cases of A/H1N1 flu, he added.

(Xinhua News Agency June 27, 2009)