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A foreign tourist arriving at Sofia airport wears a mask to protect herself from swine flu infection. Photo by BGNES
A day after confirming three more swine flu cases, Bulgarian health officials assured they are ready to deal with the likely spread of the H1N1 strain.
"The number of infected people in Bulgaria will certainly increase as the country sees more and more arrivals back home," Health Minister Evgeni Zhelev said during his visit to the department for infectious deceases at the hospital in the town of Stara Zagora. He added that Bulgaria is ready to face this challenge and take care of the patients.
The minister said that the mother and her child, in whom the virus was confirmed a day earlier after their arrival from the United States, are recovering fast.
Bulgaria's Health Ministry confirmed Tuesday three more swine flu A(H1N1) cases with the first case where the virus has been transmitted from one person to another.
The three individuals are a mother and her child, who arrived from the US on June 13 and another child, who was in contact with them.
All those, who have been in touch with the infected in the cities of Pazardzhik and Stara Zagora, are being checked by medical workers with one more child among them with A(H1N1) symptoms.
Until now Bulgaria had two confirmed swine flu cases - a college student and a 7-year-old child, both also returning from the US. They underwent successful treatment and have been released from the hospital.
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