Four more imported Influenza A (H1N1) cases have been confirmed, bringing the total number of such cases to 12.

The Health Bureau announced today that the four confirmed cases comprised three Macao people – two men and a woman – and an Indian boy.

Currently there were 11 confirmed Influenza A (H1N1) patients being treated in the quarantine wards at Hospital Conde S. Januário, two of them expected to be discharged in the next few days.

Ten people were under medical observation at the quarantine camp and four were quarantined at home. So far 25 people have left the camp after having completed the medical observation.

As of 17:00 today, the Influenza Response and Coordination Centre had received nearly 800 telephone inquiries, which were mainly about precautionary measures, the extent of the spread of the virus and Government’s advice on group activities and events.