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Spain confirms second case of swine flu
Spain became the first country in Europe to confirm a case of swine flu on Monday when a man who returned from a trip to Mexico last week was found to have the virus.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:28 April 27, 2009
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- Governments around the world are rushing to curb the spread of a new type of swine flu.
Madrid: Spain's health minister on Tuesday confirmed the country's second case of swine flu.
Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez told reporters Tuesday that a patient hospitalised in Valencia tested positive for the virus. She said the patient is not in serious condition.
The patient was one of 26 that Jimenez had said Monday were under observation because of suspicions they had swine flu after spending time recently in Mexico.
Spain confirmed its first case of swine flu on Monday, the first case outside of North America.
The unnamed man returned to Spain on April 22 and was put under observation on April 25 with chest problems, Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez told a news conference.
The 26 other patients are under observation, officials said.
"They are all stable, none of the cases is grave, not even that of the case confirmed (as swine flu)," Jimenez said.
"These are people who have recently been on trips to Mexico," she said, adding that Spain had sufficient doses stored of anti-viral medicine.
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