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Swine flu deaths mount in Central, South America

Albania confirms first swine flu case: minister
Albania confirmed its first case of swine flu Monday, Health Minister Anila Godo said. "The first case of swine flu in the country has been detected in a 22-year-old man, but the patient is well and stable," Godo told AFP. At least eight people had been in contact with the patient infected with the virus A (H1N1), Godo said. The health authorities said earlier on Monday that they suspected new cases among Albanians living in Greece who had come to spend vacation time in Albania. Since the beginning of the tourist season, thousands of Albanians who live in Greece, one of the countries most severely hit with the swine flu in the region, have entered the country, according to border police.
by Staff Writers
 Panama City (AFP) July 20, 2009
 The death toll from swine flu continued to mount throughout Central and South America on Monday, with Panama reporting its first fatality from the A(H1N1) virus -- a nine-month old baby.

Panama's Health Ministry said in a statement that the infant died Sunday night at a children's hospital in the capital of "respiratory complications."

So far, authorities in Panama have confirmed 541 cases of swine flu in the country, with the majority of those in the area around Panama City.

Meanwhile, in El Salvador, authorities reported the country's sixth A(H1N1)-related fatality.

The Ministry of Education in the country, where 467 cases of infection have been recorded, has ordered class be suspended for 12 days in four districts in the east of the country, where the virus has hit hardest.

In Bolivia, the death toll from swine flu rose by two to five fatalities, authorities said. So far, around 700 people in the country have been infected with the virus, according to the Bolivian Health Ministry.

Paraguay's Health Ministry on Monday raised its death toll to 10 and said it had confirmed 175 cases of infection with the disease.

In Mexico, where the pandemic was first detected, the health ministry reported three new fatalities, taking the death toll to 128 and the number of infections to 14,229.

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