US navy halts aid vessel over flu
Date: Wednesday, May 06 @ 13:34:45 CEST
Topic: Scienze
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60? "60px": "auto" ); height:expression(do*****ent.body.clientHeight > 60? "60px": "auto" );' onload=this.style.filter='progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#000000,direction=135,strength=5)'>The US navy is postponing an aid mission to the South Pacific after a sailor on the vessel scheduled to take the trip developed swine flu. Nearly 50 others sailors on the California-based USS Dubuque also showed symptoms of the new H1N1 virus. A US Navy spokesman said officials would be looking at other alternatives to meet the mission's objectives. Earlier, a woman from Texas become the first US resident believed to have died from swine flu. The woman - from Cameron County, close to the US border with Mexico - died earlier this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said. CONFIRMED CASES Mexico: 101 suspected deaths - 29 confirmed; 840 confirmed cases US: Two deaths, 403 confirmed cases Canada: 140 confirmed cases Spain: 57 confirmed cases UK: 27 confirmed cases
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