Two more people have been diagnosed with the H1N1 flu virus in France, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 12, the national Institute of Medicine in France (InVS) said on Friday.

The InVS said in a bulletin that all confirmed cases are "imported" -- the two new cases had once stayed in New York and the others in Mexico.

There are 28 suspected cases of A/H1N1 flu, commonly known as swine flu, in France, all of them in a mild condition, the InVS said.

(Xinhua News Agency May 9, 2009)