A teenager in Quang Ngai on Monday was diagnosed as the first case of H1N1 influenza A in the central province.

The 16-year-old from La Ha town is being treated in the isolation ward of Quang Ngai General Hospital.

With 69 new cases on Monday, swine flu has so far struck 2,793 people in 45 of Vietnam’s 63 provinces and cities, according to a report from the Preventive Health and Environment Department of the Ministry of Health.

Two have died, and more than 1,400 are getting treatment. The others have been released after recovering fully.

Reported by Thanh Nien staff