In India, two more cases of swine flu were reported on Thursday, escalating the total number of cases to 14, officials in New Delhi noted.

In New Delhi, a 41-year-old woman who arrived from New York on June 5 has been tested positive, while in Goa, a man came from London via Germany has been found affected.

New Delhi on Wednesday got its third case of swine flu with a person who has returned from Boston recently testing positive for the virus. The result for the latest case was positive, National Institute of Communicable Diseases Director Shivlal said.

The test results are awaited for five other persons who have reported swine flu symptoms -- two in Mumbai and three in Delhi, a senior health ministry official said.

All of them have been placed in isolation wards at designated health facilities, he added.

With the numbers of affected increasing, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on wrote to External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, urging that swine flu-affected countries should be advised 'to screen outbound travellers at airports'.