YANGON, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The number of people infected with new influenza A/H1N1 cases reached 63 in Myanmar since the outbreak of the disease in the world in April this year, according to the Health Department Saturday.

    Of the total, 61 patients have fully recovered and were discharged from hospitals, the sources said, adding that, the two remaining patients are under special medical treatment at hospital with their conditions improving.

    There is no flu death case in the country, the sources said.

    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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