Three pigs that were displayed during the Minnesota State Fair have tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus, health officials said Friday. “This, of course, may be the first indication that it is present in some swine here in the United States,” Gene Hugoson, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, told reporters in a conference call. The confirmatory test results may not be back until next week, he said.
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CDC – Novel H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) and You
Novel H1N1 (referred to as “swine flu” early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This new virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. Other countries, including Mexico and Canada, have reported people sick with this new virus.
Chandigarh Gets Two More Swine Flu Cases
Chandigarh (Mera Chandigarh): Two tricity Chandigarh youth who had been in United States and recently landed in city diagnosed as swine flu case.
LunsfordMD: U.S. deaths Expected from Swine Flu
Confirmed cases were reported for the first time as far away as New Zealand and Israel, joining the United States, Canada, Britain and Spain
H1N1: Two more in Beijing, another in HK (The Malaysian Insider)
BEIJING, May 23 — China reported two confirmed cases of H1N1 flu in Beijing late yesterday, bringing the total to seven nationwide, but officials in the Chinese capital city said the pandemic alert level will not be increased. The two patients, both in their sixties, had returned to China from the United States and Canada recently, the health ministry said in statements posted on its website. …