Topic: Caribbean
"Urumqi bans public gatherings ahead of mourning for vicitims" IN PLACES LIKE CHINA, CUBA, NORTH KOREA AND IRAN, THE ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS A VERY MINOR ONE.According to a 19-year-old Uyghur, "None of us dare go out of our district, especially ...
Swine flu has driven up the price of horse meat in Mongolia, closed schools across Afghanistan and Ukraine and sparked a quarrel over whether detainees at a U.S. base in Cuba should be vaccinated. As infections accelerated across the northern half of ...
World Health Org. plans 200 million doses of swine flu vaccine for 100 developing nationsThe World Health Organization plans to distribute 200 million doses of swine flu vaccine to 100 developing countries.WHO secretary-general Margaret Chan says shipments could begin next month.Cuba is ...
Cuba acknowledges its first swine flu deaths, saying 3 pregnant women succumbed to illnessCuba has acknowledged its first deaths from swine flu, saying three pregnant women succumbed to the virus and many more have been treated for symptoms.Deputy Health Minister Jose Angel ...
Cuba announced that three pregnant women died after contracting swine flu, the first report of A(H1N1) casualties on the communist island. "We unfortunately have to regret three confirmed cases of people who died" of swine flu, Deputy Health Minister Jose Angel Portal ...
Barbados health officials report Caribbean island's 1st death from swine flu infectionAuthorities in Barbados have announced the Caribbean country's first death from swine flu.Dr. Joy St. John, the island's chief medical officer, says the patient was "an adult and had underlying medical ...
Health authorities say this three-island U.S. territory has had its first death from the swine flu virus.Acting Health Commissioner Julia Sheen told reporters Tuesday that the flu victim was a St. Croix resident, but refused to disclose whether the patient had underlying ...
HAVANA (Reuters) - Five members of Britain's Royal Ballet came down with the H1N1 swine flu virus during their just-ended visit to Cuba, but all have recovered, a spokeswoman for the dance company said on Monday.Tests confirmed the dancers had the virus, ...
A young man is the second person to die from swine flu in Puerto Rico.Health Secretary Concepcion Quinones says that the man arrived at a hospital in the U.S. Caribbean territory with severe respiratory problems after having visited other health facilities. She ...
Jamaica is reporting its first swine flu death.Health Ministry spokeswoman Marion Bullock-Ducasse says the man died at a hospital Monday. His name and age were not disclosed.The ministry said Tuesday that 33 cases of the virus have been confirmed in the Caribbean ...
