Via Now Lebanon.com, an AFP story: Khalifeh confirms three swine flu cases. Excerpt:
Three cases of swine flu have been diagnosed in Lebanon, the first in the country, Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh announced on Saturday.
“One Lebanese man who was in Spain and two Canadians who arrived in Lebanon a week ago are suffering from swine flu,” Khalifeh told AFP. “We put them in quarantine and the blood samples we have taken every day have proven to be positive.
“The Lebanese man and the two visiting Canadians - a woman and her daughter - were given the proper medical treatment in time and they are well now.”
He told a press conference the man was part of a group of 22 Lebanese who had been attending a training seminar in Spain at an institute where the disease was later detected.
