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Medical staff wearing protective mask stands in an assessment area for patients with symptoms of respiratory illnesses at a hospital in Singapore
27 Apr 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A medical staff member wearing a protective mask stands in an assessment area for patients with symptoms of respiratory illnesses at a hospital in Singapore April 27, 2009. Countries around the world have moved to contain the spread of a possible pandemic after a new swine flu outbreak killed 103 people in Mexico. Twenty cases have been identified in the United States and six in Canada, with no deaths reported. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE HEALTH SOCIETY)
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A medical staff member wearing a protective mask stands in an assessment area for patients with symptoms of respiratory illnesses at a hospital in Singapore April 27, 2009. Countries around the ...


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