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Uganda: Two More Cases of Swine Flu Confirmed

Joyce Namutebi

10 July 2009


Kampala — TWO more cases of swine flu (influenza 'A' HINI virus) have been confirmed, bringing the total number of people infected to three, the Ministry of Health has announced.

The new patients are confined and undergoing treatment, a statement issued by Dr. D. K.W. Lwamafa said yesterday.

Lwamafa, however, did not name the patients, or the hospitals where they are being treated. He explained that all the three cases originated from outside the country.

He clarified that the Ugandan student who was confirmed to be suffering from swine flu in Belgrade, Serbia, during the university games is

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