Germany has confirmed its first case of swine flu in a patient living near Regensburg in southern Bavaria, the region's health ministry announced.
Authorities had said Tuesday that three people from southern Germany were being tested including a couple just back Mexico, the epicentre of the outbreak, but one of these three has been given the all-clear.
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Is the world in the grip of its first influenza pandemic in forty years? It definitely seems so! The current swine flu or pig flu disaster traces its origin to the badly- hit State of Mexico.
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There is also a third suspected case in the northern city of Hamburg, with a woman isolated after returning from Mexico with flu-like symptoms and treated with medication, the Hamburg-Eppendorf univesity clinic said.
Results from tests on the woman were due later Wednesday.
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The United States also has 65 confirmed infections, Canada 13, Britain two, Costa Rica one, Israel two, New Zealand three and Spain two. These and other countries including Australia and France also have suspected cases.
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Mexican authorities shut schools across the country and tried to follow up with families of swine flu victims in a bid to stop the virus' spread, as the probable death toll rose to 152.
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