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BEIRUT — Lebanon's health minister has confirmed the country's first three cases of swine flu, found in passengers arriving at the airport.
Mohammed Jawad Khalife told reporters Saturday that a Lebanese man, a Canadian woman and her infant son were diagnosed with the virus a week ago and are now recovering.
The minister insisted that the virus does not exist locally in Lebanon.
Authorities have taken a series of measures recently to combat the flu, including screening suspect passengers, banning imports of pig livestock and products.
Swine flu has sickened more than 13,000 people in 48 countries and been linked to more than a 100 deaths. – AP
From GMANews.tv; see the source article here.
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