JOHANNESBURG, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The eighth case of the A/H1N1 influenza was confirmed in Gauteng, the South African Department of Health said on Thursday.

    Spokesman Fidel Hadebe said the most recent case involved a 27-year-old South African woman who had returned from travelling in Europe.

    She was fully recovered and was back at work, Hadebe said.

    The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported a total of 11 cases as of July 1.

    "There is a total of 11 laboratory-confirmed cases of novel influenza A/H1N1 in South Africa. There is no evidence to date of community transmission," the NCID said on its website.

    Details of the patients, the dates of their infections and the origins of their infections were not immediately available.

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