Cyprus has identified its first case of A/H1N1 influenza,the island state's health minister Christos Patsalides said on Saturday. "We have confirmed the first case of the new flu virus, a female foreigner, permanent resident of Cyprus," he told reporters.

The patient was from Moldova, but returned recently from the U, S., according to local media.

She had told doctors in southern coastal city of Limassol that she had flu symptoms and that some members of the family with whom she stayed in the U.S. had tested positive for the virus.

Final test results from a Greek laboratory confirmed that she was the first imported case of A/H1N1 flu in the eastern Mediterranean island.

Patsalides described the case is an isolated one and her condition was "quite satisfactory."

The minister added that a second person, who was on the same aircraft with the woman, has also shown symptoms of flu and is under observation.

Other passengers who traveled with the woman from the U.S. to Cyprus had been located and were receiving preventative treatment, said Patsalides.

The minister said there is no cause for concern since this is a mild flu. He asked people to follow health ministry guidelines.