Burma fears outbreak of swine flu after two people hospitalised in Rangoon
A HOSPITAL in Burma's biggest city, Rangoon, is treating two patients suspected to have contracted H1N1 influenza, a doctor said today, as the government began responding to a potential new outbreak of the virus known as swine flu.
A Burmese hospital is treating two patients suspected to have contracted H1N1 influenza
The virus caused alarm in 2009 when it spread to most countries in the world.
Unusually for a strain of the flu, H1N1 disproportionately affects younger people and infected many people during summer.
We're worried about their condition
Since 1958, there have been 50 cases of humans catching swine flu with six resultant deaths.
Dr Aye Ko Ko, the chief physician at Rangoon General Hospital, said that two patients were being treated for suspected H1N1 infections in a special ward.
Swine flu caused alarm in 2009 when it spread to most countries in the world
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“We're worried about their condition,” he said, but declined to give details, as doctors were meeting government officials to discuss the cases, with a news conference planned for 3pm local time today.
Than Tun Aung, the deputy director of the regional public healthcare department, also said he could not immediately provide details about suspected H1N1 cases.