Macao today reported five new local and two imported Influenza A (H1N1) cases, taking the total number of such cases to 165.

The seven patients, five males and two females, were aged between six and 45.

One of the local cases was summer chess class student of a middle and primary school, with four other student of that class having been confirmed to have the virus previously.

One of the patients confirmed today had contacted with an infected students of that class.

A nurse who worked for Kiang Wu Hospital was also infected, but preliminary investigation showed that she did not contract the virus at work.

To date Macao had reported 165 Influenza A (H1N1) cases, with 13 patients receiving treatment. One patient had recovered and was discharged from hospital today, taking the total number of discharged patients to 138.

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.