STOCKHOLM, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A European health
agency said Saturday that 113 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European
countries within the last 24 hours.
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Of the new cases, 32 were confirmed in Cyprus, 31 in
France, 13 in Belgium, 12 in Ireland, nine in Malta, six in Switzerland, five in
Portugal, two respectively in Latvia and Romania, one in Slovenia, the European
Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation
report.
The total number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu
virus in the EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries rose to
13,780, with 1,034 cases in Spain and 9,718 in Britain, 434 in France and 691 in
Germany, the ECDC said.
The ECDC publishes a daily situation report about the
H1N1 flu cases in the EU and EFTA countries based on official information from
these countries.