Twenty-nine new cases of human swine flu were confirmed today, including a nurse from the Buddhist Hospital and a general services assistant at United Christian Hospital.

Students from Queen Elizabeth School, Sing Yin Secondary School and Tsung Tsin Christian Academy were confirmed to have the virus. These schools will start their summer holiday tomorrow.

According to the Department of Health the new cases involved 16 males and 13 females aged four to 49. Hong Kong's human swine flu tally is now 857.

The Buddhist Hospital nurse works in the palliative care ward in which a clinical services assistant was confirmed to have the virus on June 25. They worked together June 20 and 21.

A family member of the United Christian Hospital assistant was also diagnosed of the human swine flu today.