Latvia Reports 1st Confirmed Case of Swine Flu
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June 23, 2009 by fluoutbreak
By VOA News
Health authorities in Latvia said their country has registered its first confirmed case of swine influenza A-H1N1.
Officials said the patient was hospitalized after flying home from a visit to the United States and Canada by way of Berlin.
Earlier, the Philippines closed down its lower house of Congress after a 49-year-old woman died from the influenza.
Health authorities said the woman, who worked in the legislature, died Friday from heart failure that was aggravated by severe pneumonia.
The A-H1N1 strain of swine flu that has spread around the world this year is a highly contagious new virus.
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