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Libya reports first case of new H1N1 flu

Sun Jul 5, 2009 9:39pm IST
 
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ALGIERS (Reuters) - Libya has reported its first case of the new H1N1 virus in a man who arrived from Thailand via Dubai, the official new agency Jana said on Sunday.

It quoted Health and Environment Minister Mohamed Mahmoud al-Houeij as saying the 52-year old man, a Thai national who works in Libya, returned on Saturday after holidays in his country.

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