Pretoria, 30 April-(ANA)-Africa's first two possible cases of the potentially killer swine flu virus are being tested in South Africa.
Both women, one from Gauteng, the other from Western Cape, had "mild symptoms", said Lucille Blumberg, of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.
It comes as the African Union prepared to establish a continent-wide response to any major outbreak of the virus.
The World Health Organization has raised the swine flu alert level to warn that a pandemic is imminent.
The two South Africans had recently visited Mexico, epicentre of the disease, said officials.
Neither was seriously ill and one had already recovered after receiving anti-viral treatments. (ANA)
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