ANKARA - Turkish Health Ministry confirmed the second swine flu case in the country on Saturday, after "Influenza A/H1N1" virus was detected on the mother of the infected U.S. passenger who was caught by thermal cameras at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport due to his high fever on Thursday.
None of the other relatives of the passenger were infected by the virus, the health ministry said in a written statement.
The infected passenger and his mother were isolated before contacting any other individuals at the airport and they are currently under treatment, the statement added.
Health Ministry also said that most of the travellers on the infected passenger's plane have been contacted and none of these passengers were affected by the virus.
"These people are currently under preventive medication," the ministry said.
The ministry also reiterated its call to the passengers of Dutch Airlines company KLM's May 14 dated flight from Amsterdam to Istanbul with the flight number 1613 and asked them to contact officials immediately by calling the emergency line "112".
Swine flu was detected on a passenger who arrived in Istanbul from USA to transfer a flight to Iraq on May 14, officials said on Saturday.
The passenger first travelled from USA to Amsterdam, then transferred to a flight to Istanbul from the Dutch capital and was planning to proceed to Iraq.
Thermal cameras at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport detected that the passenger had high fever and tests run by national flu laboratories proved that the passenger was carrying the "Influenza A/H1N1" virus.
The passenger's mother was also diagnosed with the same disease.
The infected passengers are currently under treatment at a hospital in Istanbul.