Bermuda has recorded its second case of laboratory-confirmed swine flu.

Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Cann reported yesterday that a 35-year-old Bermuda resident with a recent history of travel to an affected area has been treated for influenza A (H1N1), known as swine flu.

The man was seen by his private physician with symptoms of influenza.

When appropriate diagnostic tests were collected, he was treated with an antiviral medication. He was placed on voluntary home isolation for five days.

A laboratory specimen was forwarded to the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC), where it tested positive for influenza A (H1N1).

Dr. Cann told The Royal Gazette that the patient's "communicability" phase is over.

"He is no longer contagious," Dr. Cann said. "He has recovered."

No family members or other contacts are known to have developed any symptoms, said the Department of Health in a statement yesterday.

This case follows that of a 13-year-old visitor from the US who tested positive for swine flu, but was treated and placed in isolation before leaving the Island. His case, revealed by the Department of Health on June 1, is now being classed as a US case since the patient is from there.

In the House of Assembly on Friday, Health Minister Nelson Bascome Nelson Bascome sought to assure locals that the case of the 13-year-old was contained.

He said it was unlikely that there would be more swine flu cases until cooler weather comes.

As of yesterday, 73 countries had officially reported 25,288 cases of swine flu infection, including 139 deaths, according to World Health Organization figures.

All 50 US states have now recorded cases of swine flu following a widespread outbreak of the virus in neighbouring Mexico in April.