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DAMASCUS, Sept 6 (KUNA) -- Syrian health authorities reported on Sunday six
new cases of the swine flu virus, bringing the total number of cases in the
country to 37.
A source in the Syrian Health Ministry said in a press release that one of
these cases was a Syrian citizen who came from Lebanon.
Four of the newly reported cases belonged to a family that had a member
diagnosed previously with the disease.
The source added health teams assembled to combat the disease were able to
detect such cases on the field. (end)
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