Two people are being treated for the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, at the Mediclinic Bloemfontein, a spokesperson said on Friday.
"There is no reason for panic. It is not a light ailment, but it is not the terror disease that people think it is. There are already much worse flu strains going around," Rynette Oosthuizen said.
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