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Thermal scanners operate to check passengers' body temperature at the airport at Bulgarian capital Sofia. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria's Heath Ministry has identified 15 suspect cases of H1N1 flu on the territory of the country, including a Spanish national, hospitalized in the Danube town of Russe with symptoms of the disease.
There are still no confirmed cases, a health department spokesman said.
No other information on the suspect cases was released.
Bulgaria's health ministry has available one hundred tests for confirming the virus, provided by the World Health Organization.
Authorities in Bulgaria's neighboring Greece and Turkey have already confirmed their first cases of swine flu - a student who returned from the USA and an American tourist respectively.
The Albanian Institute of Public Health announced that the AH1N1 virus, better known as swine flu, was circulating in the country, and that the first two cases of infection had been confirmed, Ora News TV reported.
If it is true that you are what you eat, then I am fear.
Two Bulgarian regions – the northern Montana and the southern Stara Zagora are under a flu epidemic situation beginning Wednesday.
Greek authorities have issued a warning about swine flu epidemic, which has already claimed the lives of 99 people, local media reported.
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