New Yemen H1N1 case
The Source: sabanews.net - 17/08/2009
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Ministry of Public Health and Population announced Monday a new case of swine flu, commonly known as H1N1.
Director General of Diseases Combating and Pandemic Observation
Abdul-Hakim al-Kuhlani said that the case was a Yemeni from one of the
country's governorate infected by another citizen who has just returned
home from outside
Yemen has reported 14 H1N1 cases since the disease started in Americas. Earlier Yemen laid out a comprehensive plan to combat possible spread of the global virus, a measure which came after the World Heath Organization raised the pandemic alert level to Phase 6. Yemen has put aside about $5.04 million to provide necessary requirements to fight the virus.Since it first began in Mexico on April 24 and then in the United States, the H1N1 flu pandemic has spread to more than 104 countries worldwide.
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