Kosovo confirms its first case of swine flu

 	 http://topnews.in/files/Swine-flu.jpgPristina - Kosovo has registered its first case of A(H1N1) influenza, or swine flu, the World Health Organization reported Monday.

"The person with the virus came to Kosovo from Great Britain a couple of days ago," the WHO office in Pristina said.

Shemsedin Dreshaj, the head of the infectious clinic at Pristina hospital, told reporters in Pristina that the patient is a 9-year-old child. Hospital authorities are also checking whether other family members have the virus.

Kosovo had until now been the only Balkan country not to register any cases of swine flu.(dpa)