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(LEAD) Additional type-A flu case confirmed in S. Korea
SEOUL, May 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities said Monday they have confirmed an additional case of Influenza A, bringing the total number of people infected with the new flu virus here to 22.
The most recently infected is a 24-year-old U.S. citizen who was teaching English at a private language institute that reported 14 other people who tested positive for the virus sweeping across the globe, the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs said.
"He like the other foreign teachers taught English at a local institute," a ministry official said. "Because the male teacher had shared the same house with a co-worker who had already been diagnosed as having contracted the flu, he has been isolated since Saturday as a precautionary measure."
All 14 people diagnosed as having been infected by the virus are under quarantine for treatment and observation.
There are currently 18 people in isolation in South Korea.
Health authorities, meanwhile, said that because the foreign teachers infected interacted with locals after classes, there is a chance that the virus may have spread to others.
According to the World Health Organization, there were 11,168 patients in 42 countries as of last week and 86 have died with most of the deaths reported in Mexico.
yonngong@yna.co.kr
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