VILNIUS, June 26 (Reuters) - Lithuania has confirmed its first case of the A (H1N1) flu virus, the Public Health Agency said on Friday.

"The case was confirmed by the local AIDS centre, which has appropriate agents for the test," Romualdas Sabaliauskas, head of the Centre for Emergency Situations under the Ministry of Health, told Reuters.

"He is a sailor and was recently on a trip to India. He probably caught the flu in India," he said.

"The man is currently at home. He had a very mild flu with no hospitalisation necessary." All three Baltic states now have confirmed cases of the new flu strain.

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