YANGON, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Two dozen people have been infected with new influenza A/H1N1 in Myanmar in nearly two months since the country reported the first case of the influenza in late June, according to a compiled report of Friday's official newspaper New Light of Myanmar.

    The last patient, who is a 23-year-old man, was found infected with new influenza A/H1N1 virus after returning from Singapore by flight No. MI-520 on last Sunday. He was brought to a special hospital on Wednesday after she was found ill.

    She was confirmed by the National Health Laboratory to have been infected with the virus.

    A total of six family members are kept in home quarantine, while 128 passengers and 131 airport staff are under surveillance.

    Of Myanmar's 24 flu patients, 19 have fully recovered and were discharged from hospitals, the report claimed.

    Myanmar reported the first case of new flu A/H1N1 in the country on June 27 with a 13-year-old girl who developed the symptoms after coming back home from Singapore a day earlier.

    The authorities continue to take preventive measures against the possible spread of the global human flu pandemic, advising all private clinics in the country to report or transfer all flu-suspected patients, who returned from abroad, to local state-run hospitals or health departments for increased surveillance.

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