June 25, Colombo: The number of Swine Flu patients detected in Sri Lanka is rising day by day, Health officials said.

According to Dr. Geetani Wickremasinghe of Medical Research Institute in Colombo another two people suffering from swine flu have been detected yesterday.

Both patients who were from Australia, including a ten-year-old boy have reached the country on last Sunday.

With these two patients the total number of Swine Flu patients detected in Sri Lanka has risen to 10.

Four of them were discharged, but six patients are still receiving treatments at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Angoda.