China reports 3 new confirmed A/H1N1 cases

China Saturday reported three new influenza A/H1N1 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland to 24.

The one in the southeastern province of Fujian involved a local who studied in Canada. The other two in Beijing involved a Chinese American and a Chinese student who studied in the United States.

Doctors confirmed the 23-year-old man in Fujian positive for A/H1N1 flu Saturday afternoon.

Thirty-six out of 46 people who had close contact with him have been quarantined. Health authorities are tracking another eight as two have left China.

The two in Beijing are in stable condition and their temperatures have fallen to normal. Most people who had close contact with them have been quarantined and none of them have shown flu symptoms, the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau said in a statement.