RIGA- Latvia has
confirmed its first case of the H1N1 (swine) flu virus. The nation’s Public
Health Agency announced that the infected woman, who had recently visited the United States and Canada,
had returned to Latvia on June 21.
"Symptoms
of the illness were discovered during the flight and after landing she was put
in hospital at the Latvian Infectology Center,
where is she is being treated," the agency said.
Latvia is the
second Baltic nation after Estoniato have confirmed a case of the swine flu virus.
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