Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Sixth case of swine flu in Germany
Berlin / Munich - Now there is already the sixth-infected swine flu in Germany! For the second time the virus was transmitted from person to person.
An infected traveler, Mexico has not only - as already known infected - a nurse, but also his roommate in a Lower hospital. The report, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
Even a 40-year-old Cologne may have the swine flu. It is located in Cologne at the hospital. > Overall, there were 30 other suspects on Saturday in Germany.
The previously documented six cases nationwide, including five in Bavaria and one in Hamburg, ran a total of mild, "said Hacker. "The patients are on the mend." The disease course was among the six people infected with a seasonal Grippevergleichbar. Severe cases of swine flu had so far occurred only in Mexico and the United States.
The number of confirmed cases of new variant of H1N1 in Europe grew, according to the European ECDC amSamstag to 40
Worldwide have been infected at least 635 people with the swine flu virus. 17 Menschenstarben.
U.S. President Barack Obama has warned against underestimating the flu. The virus could change and further contribute verstärkttödlich.
The U.S. is at least 141 cases and one dead, the second priority country to Mexico, with 397 cases and 16 deaths. On Samstagwaren with infected people in Hong Kong and South Korea also the first Asian Fälleaus been reported.
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