Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Costa Rica's PM infected Swine Flu

ChattahBox)-The President of Costa Rica, Óscar Arias, was infected with swine flu, making the first state to Arias disease from H1N1 virus. Following a bad feeling about the weekend, with symptoms of fever and sore throat, tests confirmed Tuesday that the president had a swine flu.

Arias sit at home and it is good enough for a number of activities of Central American countries, through teleworking. Even a mild case of swine flu, Arias suffer from asthma. Swine flu patients with underlying medical conditions were found for generating additional complications of the virus.

However, the Minister of Information Mayi Antillon said, tests show Arias has no complications.

Arias, a Nobel Prize winner and recently tried to calm political turbulence in Honduras, after President Manuel Zelaya was removed from power in June during a military coup.

With a slowdown in summer, swine influenza infection is expected to increase in autumn and winter months. The UN World Health Organization declared swine influenza pandemic on June 11, when the virus traveled worldwide.

The virus can infect 2 billion people. The small country of Costa Rica were 20 deaths attributed to the swine flu.

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