WHO: AH1N1 flu cases rise to 2500

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-09-2009 15:15

Now for more of the latest figures on confirmed human flu cases, from the World Health Organization.

As of 1600 GMT on Friday, 25 countries have officially reported 2,500 confirmed cases, including 46 deaths.

Passengers from the U.S. wearing face masks arrive at Narita international airport in Narita May 9, 2009. REUTERS/Issei Kato

That's 116 more cases than the day before. The figure does not include the first death in Canada on Friday.

Meanwhile, three Japanese males have been confirmed as the country's first cases. They are a high school teacher and two students who had been on a school trip in Canada.

The three are in hospital and 49 others who arrived in Japan on the same flight have been kept apart in a facility near Tokyo's Narita airport.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei