Romania Reports Ten New Cases of A/H1N1 Flu

All ten patients suffer mild flu symptoms, the Health Ministry said in a statement on its website.

Four patients have tested positive for the virus in the capital Bucharest and another four in the northeastern county of Iasi, the ministry said.

The A/H1N1 virus, popularly known as swine flu, is easily transmitted through coughing or sneezing. The infection, which can be deadly to humans, cannot be contracted through consumption of thermally processed pork meat. Its symptoms are similar to the symptoms of the common flu.

Romania has so far reported no deaths related to the A/H1N1 virus.