Iranian Ministry of Health announced that after the boy's case, they have diagnosed two other patients with swine flu who had visited Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage.
One of the patients is a 57 year-old woman who has been hospitalized due to respiratory infection and the other is a 24 year-old man who was treated as an outpatient, an official at the ministry, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya told FNA on Wednesday.
"Both these patients are under treatment and will recover and no danger is threatening them but they should observe the rules of hygiene to prevent spreading the disease to others," Gouya added.
He advised pregnant women, the young and the old to avoid traveling to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage.
With three lab-confirmed cases of swine flu, Iranian health officials announced on Tuesday that 200 individuals are suspected of having been infected with the AH1N1 virus.
Earlier the Iranian health ministry had called on Iranians to avoid unnecessary trips to countries with reported cases of the H1N1, including the US, Mexico, Canada, the Philippines, Thailand and a number of European countries, including the UK and Germany.
The disease is reported in 84 countries of the world, including seven neighboring countries of Iran.
Swine flu is a contagious respiratory disease which is a mixture of bird, pig and human genes. The virus can spread to people who have contact with infected pigs. It spreads when an infected person coughs or sneezes around someone else. People can become infected by touching something with the flu virus on it and then touching their mouth, nose, or eyes.
People can't get swine flu from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly cooked pork is safe. Cooking meat to an internal temperature of 160°F kills viruses and bacteria.
The drug for curing the disease is named Oseltamivir, an antiviral drug that is used in the treatment and prophylaxis of both Influenza virus A and Influenza virus B which is now being produced in Iran.
Symptoms of swine flu are similar to the common flu: fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue, and sometimes diarrhea and vomiting. Swine flu also can cause pneumonia, which can make it hard to breathe.
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