France confirms 2 cases of new influenza,1st in country
France has confirmed its first two cases of infection by a new strain of influenza A virus, French Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin said Friday.The infections by the H1N1 flu virus were detected in a 49-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, both of whom had been to Mexico, Bachelot-Narquin told a private TV broadcaster, TF1.