Egypt reported on Thursday two more cases of influenza A/H1N1, bringing the total number of the flu in the populous country to 71, the Ministry of Health said in statement.

According to the statement, the new cases are a 39-years-old Somalia man arrived in Cairo on June 30 from Britain and an 8-years-old Egyptian student from Sharqiya Governorate north of Cairo and they contacted other cases.

The health condition of the new cases is stable after proper treatment.

Egypt reported its first A/H1N1 flu case on June 2, a 12-years-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 pigs in the country to stem the highly infectious A/H1N1 flu.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the disease has infected more than 70,000 worldwide and killed 311.

(Xinhua News Agency July 3, 2009)