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Confirmed swine flu cases in China rise to 11: govt Beijing (AFP) May 25, 2009 China on Monday confirmed two more cases of swine flu, bringing the total number of people diagnosed with A(H1N1) to 11. The cases reported by the Chinese health ministry, a 19-year-old man in Zhejiang province in the nation's east and a 30-year-old man in Shanghai, had previously been announced as suspected carriers of the virus. China has yet to report a fatal case of swine flu. More than 12,000 swine flu infections have been confirmed across 43 countries since the virus emerged in the Americas a month ago, according to World Health Organization statistics. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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China reports two new swine flu cases: govt, state media Beijing (AFP) May 24, 2009 Chinese health authorities on Sunday confirmed the country's eighth and ninth cases of swine flu, in a toddler and a 46-year-old man who had recently returned from the United States and Canada. The baby girl arrived with her parents in Fuzhou, the capital of the southeastern province of Fujian, from New York via Hong Kong on Wednesday, the health ministry reported on its website. Her par ... read more |
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