Masks favored in Ecuador after 1st flu case confirmed
www.chinaview.cn 2009-05-16 11:54:32   Print
A woman leaves a hospital with a mask to prevent the A/H1N1 flu in Guayaquil, Ecuador, May 15, 2009. Health authorities on Friday confirmed the first case of A/H1N1 flu identified on a child of twelve years old. The boy arrived in Ecuador on May 10 from Miami, the United States, where he traveled to have a surgery. This first confirmation must be submitted to a second confirmation in the Center of Diseases Control (CDC) in Atlanta, the United States, and the results will be ready in one week.

A woman leaves hospital with a mask to prevent the A/H1N1 flu in Guayaquil, Ecuador, May 15, 2009. Health authorities on Friday confirmed the first case of A/H1N1 flu identified on a child of twelve years old. The boy arrived in Ecuador on May 10 from Miami, the United States, where he traveled to have a surgery. This first confirmation must be submitted to a second confirmation in the Center of Diseases Control (CDC) in Atlanta, the United States, and the results will be ready in one week. (Xinhua/Diario Expreso)
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