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Mar 17th

Libya discovers 6th swine flu case

Two new cases of the A/H1N1 virus (the swine flu) infection have been discovered in Libya, bringing the number of such patients in the country to six, medical sources announced here Thursday.

The Libyan national centre of prevention and fight against endemic and transmittable diseases stated in a communique received by PANA that the two cases were discovered on two Libyan kids, a girl and a boy, aged 18 months and eight years respectively, who returned from London on the same flight on 12 July.

The first cases of infection by A flu were discovered in early July by the Libyan health authorities on two foreigners, a Thai and a Filipino.

Also on 12 July, two other cases (a Libyan woman from Saudi Arabia and a child from Great Britain) were discovered.
 
Tripoli - 16/07/2009

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