Topic: Switzerland

Safety officials in the northwest Swiss canton (state) of Basel-Landschaft say an infant has become the country's first fatality from swine flu.Local daily Basler Zeitung reported Wednesday on its Web site that the 5-month-old child died several days ago.It quoted the top ...
Some Muslim countries are advising pregnant women not to attend the hajj pilgrimage. China is quarantining any visitor suspected of having a fever, while priests in New Zealand have been banned from placing Communion wafers on worshippers' tongues.It's all part of a ...