The Ministry of Health announced Friday a new case of swine flu found in a Filipina nurse working in Jubail in the Eastern Province, bringing the total number of registered cases in the Kingdom to 30. A ministry statement said that the 32-year-old nurse had been placed in isolation and that all regulations for preventing and treating the virus were being followed, and reiterated its previous advice on measures that may be taken to safeguard against the virus. The statement reminded the public that further information and inquiries can be pursued during office hours at 8002494444, a free-of-charge information hotline. Meanwhile, Bangladesh said Friday it had detected its first H1N1 case, a man who returned to the country from the United States. “The first swine flu case has been detected in Bangladesh. The patient, now under treatment, has arrived from the USA,” Health Minister Ruhul Haque told reporters. He gave no further details. The new strain of swine flu is officially a pandemic now, according to the World Health Organization.
