Health minister: 100,000 swine flu cases in Argentina - Summary
Buenos Aires - The number of swine flu cases in Argentina rose drastically on Friday, with the new government health minister reporting an estimated 100,000 cases of of the A(H1N1) virus. But he clarified that the estimate covers all seasonsl flu cas...
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Cancun summit on swine flu ends though uncertainty persists
Cancun, Mexico - A global gathering about the influenza virus A(H1N1) in the Mexican resort city of Cancun ended Friday after two days of talks on the ongoing pandemic. There is undoubtedly concern over the policy we are going to carry out once this...
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Health minister: 100,000 swine flu cases in Argentina
Buenos Aires - The number of swine flu cases in Argentina rose drastically on Friday, with the new government health minister reporting an estimated 100,000 cases of of the A(H1N1) virus. At least 44 people have died, including two new deaths in the ...
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Fourth person dies of swine flu in Britain - first London case
London - A 19-year-old male from London has become the fourth person in Britain to die from swine flu, the authorities said Friday. The teenager, who suffered serious underlying health problems, tested positive for the virus following his death on We...
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Family of swine flu victim to sue Spanish hospitals
Ceuta - The family of a young Moroccan woman who became the first H1N1 fatality on the European continent will sue two Madrid hospitals for negligence, representatives of her family said Friday in Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta. Dalilah Mimou...
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Japan's first Tamiflu-resistance case reported
Tokyo - The Japanese government has found the nation's first case of Tamiflu-resistance in a patient infected with the new strain of influenza A virus, media reports said Friday. A Japanese woman in her 40s was infected with H1N1 virus, also known as...
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Taiwan to hold 2nd bidding round for 5 million doses of flu vaccine
Taipei - Taiwan will hold the second bidding round for the purchase of 5 million doses of flu vaccine after the first round failed because there were not enough bidders, an official said Friday. The first bidding round flopped because there was only...
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Chinese swine flu patient electrocuted in shower - Summary
Beijing - An electric shock killed a swine flu patient while she was taking a shower at a hospital in eastern China's Hangzhou city, state media reported on Friday. An autopsy on Lou Yihong, 34, who was under treatment for H1N1 influenza at the No 1 ...
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Swine flu reaches Australian prisons
Sydney - Most of the 70 inmates at a far-north Queensland prison initially thought to be infected with swine flu were cleared Friday of having the virus, an official said Friday. A spokesman for the Lotus Glen Correctional Centre near Cairns said, ho...
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