Ukraine Has First Suspected Case of Swine Flu

Oleksander Bilovol, first deputy health minister, said the case involved a 24-year-old man who had been living in the U.S. city of Detroit.

The Health Ministry on Tuesday reported “with 99 percent certainty” its first case of H1N1 flu, a Ukrainian who had spent two years in the United States.Oleksander Bilovol, first deputy health minister, said the case involved a 24-year-old man who had been living in the U.S. city of Detroit and became ill after flying back to Ukraine last week.

“On Saturday, specialists reported to me that the patient has A/H1N1 flu,” Bilovol told a news conference. “There is a 99 percent certainty that this is A/H1N1. Within two to three weeks we will get (further) results.”

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