Medical sources in North Sinai said that three new cases were suspected of being infected with seasonal flu in Central Ba'r el Adb Hospital.

This brings the number of suspected cases in the governorate to 23.

The Health Ministry Undersecretary in North Sinai Tarek Khater underlined that samples were taken from the three new cases to be examined in the central laboratories of Cairo.

There are two positive cases suffering from the disease, while the results of the medical analysis of five cases have not been finished yet.