Algeria reports first case of H1N1 swine flu
2009-06-21
Algeria reported the country's first case of H1N1 swine flu on Saturday (June 20th). According to a statement from the Health Ministry, the patient is a woman who arrived last Tuesday in Algeria on a Lufthansa flight from the USA. A young man who flew from Montreal to Algiers last Monday is also under supervision at the University Hospital of Tizi Ouzou on suspicion of swine flu infection.
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