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Haas withdraws before Stockholm match with influenza
Stockholm - German Tommy Haas withdrew for the second straight week from an ATP event, pulling out before his Stockholm Open second round against Finn Jarkko Nieminen Thursday. Haas, seeded second, cited influenza as the reason for failing to take th...
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Global swine flu deaths nudge towards 5,000
Geneva - The global death toll from swine flu has hit at least 4,999, the World Health Organization said Friday. In a situation update, the WHO said that, in North America, the United States was reporting nationwide rates of influenza-like illness (I...
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WHO backs China's H1N1 prevention, reporting
Beijing - China's mass vaccination programme against the H1N1 influenza virus and its reporting of confirmed H1N1 infections both appear to conform with international guidelines, although the country has so far not reported any swine-flu deaths, the ...
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Head of WHO praises Cuba's efforts against H1N1 flu
Havana - Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), praised the work that Cuba is doing to fight the H1N1 influenza pandemic, said a statement published in Cuban state media Wednesday. Chan met with historic Cuban leade...
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Morocco diagnoses 82 cases of swine flu in one day
Rabat, Morocco - Eighty-two cases of the H1N1 influenza have been diagnosed in Morocco in a single day, press reports said Thursday. The cases were discovered in the cities of Casablanca, Fes, Meknes, Kenintra and Rabat on October 28, Health Minister...
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Beirut school campus closed over swine flu
Beirut - The middle school at a privately-run international school in Lebanon was closed on Tuesday, a week after 19 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus, known also as swine flu. To date we have had 32 cases of this influenza in the Beirut Middle Scho...
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WHO recommends swine flu vaccines in 2010 influenza season
Geneva - Vaccination shots given in the southern hemisphere ahead of the 2010 influenza season should also include a dose against swine flu, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The southern part of the globe's flu season is expected to star...
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Seeds slammed in Stockholm as Haas, Lopez exit
Stockholm - German Tommy Haas fell victim to influenza while the new-found momentum died for Feliciano Lopez as two more seeds exited the Stockholm Open in the second round Thursday. Number two Haas withdrew for the second straight week from an ATP e...
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Thirteen players down with swine flu at Spanish club Betis
Madrid- The Seville club Betis, currently playing in the second category of Spanish football, asked Thursday for a postponement of their next match because 13 of their players are down with the new H1N1 influenza virus, or swine flu, Spanish media re...
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