A total of 69 influenza A/H1N1 cases have so far been confirmed in Myanmar since the outbreak of the disease in the world in April last year, according to the Health Department Sunday.

Of the patients, 42 arrived back from abroad, 13 were infected from families, 8 from schools while one from other, the sources said.

There is no flu death cases reported in the country.

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

The authorities continue to take preventive measures against the possible spread of the global human flu pandemic, 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 January 17, 2010)