In Bogota reported nine suspected cases of swine flu
The District Health authorities reported the presence of nine suspected cases of swine flu in the capital where he was declared in all the epidemiological alert the public and private hospitals.
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Ministry of Health identified three suspected cases of swine flu in Chile
The Health Ministry reported Saturday that the presence of cases of three people suspected of being infected in our country with the swine flu, a disease that has left dozens of deaths in Mexico (where it originated), and that led to the World World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a state of emergency of international public health.
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U.S. slow to learn of Mexico flu
Saturday, April 25, 2009/ The Washington Post - excerpt
Washington — “U.S. public health officials did not know about a growing outbreak of swine flu in Mexico until nearly a week after that country had started invoking protective measures and didn’t learn that the deaths were caused by a rare strain of the influenza until after Canadian officials did.
The delayed communication occurred as epidemiologists in Southern California were investigating milder cases of the illness that turned out to be caused by the same strain of swine flu in Mexico.”
http://tinyurl.com/better-late-than
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Swine flu death toll revised to 81
April 26, 2009 - Agence France-Presse
“MEXICAN Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova on Saturday raised the probable death toll from an outbreak of swine flu to 81, including 20 already confirmed. More than 1300 people in Mexico were suspected to be infected with the flu, which global health experts have warned could become a global epidemic.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25388220-12335,00.html