Vietnam's Ministry of Health has confirmed 68 more cases of A/H1N1 influenza, raising the total number of flu patients in the country to 936, the local newspaper the People's Army reported Monday.

Among the newly-reported cases, 57 patients were detected in the south, two in the north, nine in the central highland provinces of Vietnam, said the ministry.

Amid the increasing cases of A/H1N1 flu, the National Steering Committee for Human A/H1N1 Influenza Prevention of Vietnam put forward measures to prevent the community-level transmission in the country. It also warned all people of protecting themselves by washing hands with detergents.

Any public building in the country reported new flu cases will be turned into temporarily hospital for treatment, said the ministry.

So far, 458 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals. The rest are being quarantined and treated, said the newspaper.

No A/H1N1 related death has been reported in the country since the first case confirmed here.

(Xinhua News Agency August 3, 2009)