In both new cases, the patients recently returned to Croatia and contacted their doctors due to breathing problems.

ZAGREB, CROATIA - Two new cases of the A type flu have been confirmed in Zagreb, Croatia – Headquarters for monitoring the flu at the Croatian Health Ministry announced Wednesday.

Thus, the number of flu cases has increased to five in Croatia.

In both new cases, the patients recently returned to Croatia and contacted their doctors due to breathing problems.

The first person has been given anti-viral therapy and has not been hospitalised. Every person who came into contact with the patient has been preventively protected with anti-viral therapy.

The second person in question reported exceptionally mild symptoms and has not been administered anti-viral therapy.

Headquarters for monitoring the flu and the Croatian Health Ministry, headed by Minister Darko Milinovic, are in constant contact with the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Control and Prevention of Diseases. They will inform the public on further activities.

In case of a flu epidemic in Croatia, the country has secured 800,000 anti-viral dosages of Tamiflu and Relenz medicine. Also, 1.5 million shots have been ordered.

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The National Laboratory for Influenza of the Croatian Institute for Public Health has confirmed three new cases of the H1N1 virus on Tuesday, the official website of the Epidemiology of Infective Diseases Services announced.

This makes a total of ten confirmed swine flu cases in Croatia. The patients contracted the illness abroad (USA, Great Britain, Australia and Greece).

The first swine flu case in Croatia has been confirmed on July 3. The patient arrived in Split from Sydney on July 1, while she contacted the hospital the next day with a high temperature, a cough and a sore throat. Health Minister Darko Milinovic said that she was not treated with Tamiflu, but with tea and regular Andol pills.
There is no other information and as the spokesperson of the Croatian Health Ministry Zora Lazeta told us this morning, the Ministry will not report on individual swine flu cases on a regular basis.

- There is no need for daily announcements, all relevant information is published on the official website of the Croatian Institute for Public Health – Lazeta told us.

When asked why, Lazeta said that the Ministry announced the first confirmed case, followed by the next two, which the media covered, but the media did not react to the third announcement a few days ago.

- We are informing the World Health Organization on a regular basis and there is no need to report every day when nobody is reporting it. There is no need. The citizens know that the new flu is in Croatia, the Epidemiology Services are doing their job – she pointed out.

Although the Croatian Health Ministry points out there is no room for panic, ten persons have died in Great Britain. The latest sufferers include a six-year-old girl, who was absolutely healthy before encountering the vicious virus. At the moment, 10,000 Britons have contracted the swine flu, while the actual number is suspected to be a few hundred thousand.

The most common symptoms of the A type flu virus (H1N1), according to the Epidemiology services, are a high temperature, respiratory difficulties like coughing or a running nose, pain, especially muscle pain, headache, fever, fatigue, vomiting or diarrhoea. In case you develop an illness similar to the flu, contact the nearest hospital.