Lebanon confirms three cases of swine flu

FIRST CASES: Lebanon announces first case of swine flu. (Getty Images)

Three cases of swine flu have been diagnosed in Lebanon, the first in the country, Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh announced on Saturday.

"One Lebanese currently living in Spain and two Canadians who arrived in Lebanon a week ago are suffering from swine flu," Khalifeh told AFP.

"We put them in quarantine and the blood samples we have taken every day have proven to be positive. They were given the proper medical treatment in time and they are well now," he said.

Khalifeh added that the virus was not homegrown and came from the outside.

"We are going to have to take additional measures," he later told reporters at a press conference. "We are going to take more precautions at the airport."

He said health authorities may use thermal scanners at the airport to detect passengers with fever.

"The situation is under control," he said.

Figures released Friday by the World Health Organisation showed that the A(H1N1) virus had infected 15,510 people in 53 countries since it was first uncovered last month in the US and Mexico.

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Lebanon Swine Flu
Posted by Eman, Egypt on Sunday 31 May 2009 at 13:04 UAE time


I am really surprised of the fact that Lebanese authories haven't used thermal screens in airports yet. What are they waiting for. The virus has already struck the country!!!

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