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FACTBOX - Worldwide spread of flu outbreak

Thu May 7, 2009 11:00pm IST
 
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REUTERS - A Dutch health agency said on Thursday it

had confirmed a second case of the H1N1 influenza virus in the

Netherlands in a 53-year-old woman who had returned on a flight

from Mexico on April 30.

Mexicans were returning to normal life after a five-day

business shutdown due to the H1N1 flu virus, with China also

easing quarantine measures even as the virus spread in Europe.

Sweden and Poland confirmed their first cases on Wednesday.

Here are details of the latest number of worldwide cases:  Continued...

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