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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> www.chinaview.cn 2009-05-19 08:45:57
SEOUL, May 19 (Xinhua) -- South Korean health authorities confirmed Tuesday that a Vietnamese transit passenger quarantined at a local hospital has been infected with the new type-A influenza virus.
The 22-year-old woman who arrived in South Korea from Seattle, the United States, on Sunday afternoon planned to take a connecting flight to Vietnam, but was held for observation after complaining of high fever, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.