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BEIRUT, July 10 (KUNA) -- The Lebanese Health Ministry announced on Friday
that the total of swine flu (A/H1N1) cases in Lebanon is 60, 42 of them came
from abroad.
Ministry of Health issued a statement recently adopting a strategy of
containment in the face of the A/H1N1 epidemic virus and taking strict
measures to detect every case to provide preventive treatment to all contacts.
The statement emphasized the keenness of the Ministry of Health to monitor
the implementation of these measures until the end of school examinations,
which provides an appropriate environment for the rapid spread of the virus.
The statement said it was up to the Ministry of Public Health to manage and
avoid the spread of the A/H1N1 virus before it paralyzes the social and
economic movement in the country.
It added that the "total number of cases in Lebanon reached 60 today, 42 of
the cases came from Australia, U.S., Canada, while 18 cases were local and
were infected in direct contact with the people infected by the virus." It
also pointed out that most of the infected are in their 20's, with a slight
majority of males. (end)
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