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Kenya confirms first case of H1N1 flu virus
29 Jun 2009 09:56:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
NAIROBI, June 29 (Reuters) - Kenya has detected its first case of the new H1N1 influenza virus in a 20-year-old British student, Public Health Minister Beth Mugo said on Monday.

"This is the first confirmed case of H1N1 in Kenya," she told a news conference. (Reporting by Wangui Kanina; editing by David Clarke)


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