ATHENS, May 27 (Xinhua) -- A third A/H1N1 flu case was confirmed on Wednesday in Greece, according to an announcement issued by the Greek Health Ministry.
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A security officer wearing a mask directs cars at the gateway of Sismanogleion hospital in the suburb of Vrilissia in Athens May 27, 2009. Greece reported on Wednesday its third confirmed case of the H1N1 flu. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>> |
The 21-year-old Greek national returned from Edinburg
along with the second Greek who was tested positive to the new flu virus.
Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos called an
emergency meeting of the expert committee set up to address the new type of flu.
The ministry yet again reiterated that public health in Greece runs no risk and
that everything is under control.
Avramopoulos stressed that there is no risk for
public health. "All the public hospitals are on standby and in constant contact
with the World Health Organization," he noted.
Greece's first confirmed A/H1N1 flu case, a
19-year-old man studying in the United States, was discharged from hospital in
Athens on Saturday after seven days of treatment.