ABIDJAN, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Two cases of A/H1N1 flu have been diagnosed in Cote d'Ivoire, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.

    The confirmation came after the World Heath Organization (WHO) analyzed the two suspected cases reported several days ago and found them positive, the ministry said.

    Two women were tested positive for A/H1N1 virus after they were suspected of suffering from the pandemic on June 19, when they disembarked from a passenger plane from Brussels, Belgium.

    After finding the first suspected case, 48 people who approached the woman and 57 other passengers on the same flight with her were put under epidemiologic surveillance, declared surveillance director Daniel Ekra.

    The two patients were admitted to hospital and in good conditions, Ekra said, adding that "all the measures are being taken to contain the spread of the virus in Cote d'Ivoire."

    On June 23, WHO delivered 261,660 capsules of Tamiflu and 70 kits of protection to the Health Ministry of Cote d'Ivoire.

    In sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia and South Africa had previously reported confirmed cases of A/H1N1 flu, whose symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, headache and fatigue.