TUNIS, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A handball match in Tunisia was delayed as four players were infected by the influenza A/H1N1, national radio reported on Saturday.

    A handball match between Carthage and Saydia Sports scheduled today was postponed following the contamination of Saydia Sports' four players by A/H1N1 virus, the report said.

    The country's Handball Federation will set a new date later, it added. Tunisia reported five deaths caused by A/H1N1 and more than thousand of infected people.

    The government provided 100,000 vaccines available in the country's pharmacies. It opened 368 centres offering free vaccination.

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