Three more people were found affected with flu A/H1N1 in Nepal, bringing the country's total to17, local news website Nepalnews.com reported on Monday.

Two of the affected people are Nepali men living abroad and the other is a Japanese woman living in Nepal, the report quoted the Health and Population Ministry of Nepal as saying.

One of the affected men was from Canada, while the others came from Qatar.

However, the details of the latest confirmed cases have not been revealed.

(Xinhua News Agency July 27, 2009)