El Halabi said that the second case concerns a man who had visited a country that has confirmed cases of the virus. When he arrived he later went to a hospital as he was not feeling well and later had his samples sent to South Africa where results indicated that he had the virus. The patient however recovered after he underwent medical attention, which included taking the Tamiflu drug.

"We are monitoring him at the moment and there is no need for the public to panic. If we adhere to personal hygiene measures like avoiding rubbing our eyes and touching mouths and noses we would deal with this virus. The other thing is when you feel like you have the symptoms and are given bed rest by the doctor try to stay home. In some countries some people have actually healed without even having to use Tamiflu," she said. El Halabi also said that her ministry has decided to follow up people who had been confirmed as having developed the AH1N1 flu. She said that of the 13 samples they sent to South Africa, six were negative and two were positive. The rest are still pending.

In a previous interview, El Halabi had said that her ministry has developed influenza management guidelines to properly identify and manage suspected and confirmed cases.

According to El Halabi, case management of influenza AH1N1 takes into consideration the severity of illness, risk for complications and laboratory test results. She revealed that post exposure prophylaxis would be made by a medical officer. She said presently they do not recommend pre-exposure because it requires continued administration once it is initiated until the pandemic is over.