Myanmar's first flu-infected girl patient has been discharged from hospital after recovering from illness, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported on Thursday.

The 13-year-old girl patient was discharged on Wednesday evening after she underwent medical treatment in the Yangon General Hospital and was found fully recovering from her illness.

All those 91 passengers, who were on board the plane with the girl, have also been stopped for surveillance as the 10-day period of possible disease spread passed, the report said.

The Myanmar Health Ministry declared on Wednesday that the new flu A/H1N1 case has been under control in the country, saying that none of the 203 persons coming into contact with a new flu girl victim were found further infected with the A/H1N1 virus.

The period of surveillance carried out on 203 persons who came into contact with the 13-year-old female victim has been over since Tuesday and the virus has not spread to any other person and the case is now under control, the announcement said.

According to the results of laboratory tests, of 36 people suspicious with new influenza A/H1N1 in the nation, only one was found infected with the virus -- 21 suffering from seasonal flu only and 14 in healthy condition, it also said.

So far, the authorities have given medical check up to over 1.79 million people at airports, ports and border check points and examined those suspicious of the deadly disease.

Myanmar reported the first case of flu A/H1N1 in the country on June 27 with the 13-year-old girl who developed the symptoms after coming back home from Singapore a day earlier.

The authorities continued to take preventive measures against the possible outbreak of the new influenza, advising all private clinics in the country to report or transfer all flu-suspected patients, who returned from abroad, to local state-run hospitals or health departments for increased surveillance.

(Xinhua News Agency July 9, 2009)