Topic: South Africa
The World Cup kicks off at the height of South Africa's winter, bringing in hundreds of thousands of visitors during peak flu season and raising concerns aboout a resurgence of swine flu."We are very carefully monitoring with the WHO and the health ...
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa faces a possible health crisis if a swine flu outbreak strikes during the soccer World Cup this year, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told parliament on Monday."One of our biggest nightmares is the fact that 2010 is ...
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa faces a possible health crisis if a swine flu outbreak strikes during the soccer World Cup this year, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told parliament on Monday."One of our biggest nightmares is the fact that 2010 is ...
Mozambique is reporting its first swine flu case.The health minister Ivo Garribo said on state radio Monday that a lab in South Africa confirmed that a 46-year-old resident of the capital had the disease. The woman, who had recently visited Portugal, is ...
South Africa on Saturday recorded its fourth swine flu death, health officials said.Regional spokesman Chris Maxon said the woman who was 31 weeks' pregnant died on Wednesday at Addington hospital in the coastal town of Durban after she was admitted on Monday. ...
South Africa on Saturday reported its second swine flu death, five days after announcing the first fatality in sub-Saharan Africa. "A 15-year-old boy died on Thursday. The NICD (National Institute for Communicable Diseases) confirmed yesterday that it was the virus," said health ...
Health officials raised the alarm about a strain of swine flu that is resistant to the Tamiflu treatment as the virus claimed more lives on Tuesday, with Vietnam reporting its first fatal case.India and South Africa both reported their first deadly cases ...
Health officials raised the alarm about a strain of swine flu that is resistant to the Tamiflu treatment as the virus claimed more lives on Tuesday, with Vietnam reporting its first fatal case.India and South Africa both reported their first deadly cases ...
AIDS-ravaged South Africa on Monday announced its first swine flu victim as Indian media reported a first death on the sub-continent and Russia warned football fans not to travel to Wales.As the pandemic sows ever-deeper fears for public health across more territories, ...
South African health authorities Monday announced the death of an otherwise healthy student who tested positive for swine flu, the first fatal victim of the virus in sub-Saharan Africa. "He died on the 28th (of July), but there had to be some ...