Macao today reported 14 new Influenza A (H1N1) cases, eight of them Judiciary Police officers.

The officers developed flu symptoms between Thursday and Friday. They carried out an operation on Thursday morning but it was preliminarily ruled out as the cause of infection, the health authorities announced.

Out of the 14 new cases, 12 of them were male and two were female. They were aged between five and 44.

To date Macao had reported 121 Influenza A (H1N1) cases, with 30 patients receiving treatment. Two patients had recovered and were discharged from hospital today, taking the total number of discharged patients to 86.

Macao’s pandemic alert remained at Level VI, Blue, which indicated that there were no fatal cases and the spread of the virus was moderate.