Macao reported three newly confirmed cases of A/H1N1 flu on Friday, bringing the total number of such cases to 3,576 so far.

Of the total confirmed cases of A/H1N1 flu, only two patients died after being infected with the virus, according to the Bureau.

Meanwhile, some 1,261 people in Macao were inoculated with the A/H1N1 flu vaccines on Friday alone, and the accumulated number has reached 102,591 since the mass inoculation was initiated by local government in late November last year.

The government of Macao Special Administrative Region previously announced that it has ordered some 700, 000 doses of A/ H1N1 vaccines, and local medical staff, children, old people and patients with chronic disease were among the group of local people who were firstly inoculated with these vaccines.

(Xinhua News Agency January 30, 2010)