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ROME ? A patient in Tuscany has been diagnosed as having swine flu, a hospital official said Saturday ? announcing the first confirmed swine flu case in Italy.
Massa Carrara hospital health director Giuliano Biselli said the man was recovering well, but would be hospitalized for a few more days as a precaution.
Biselli told The Associated Press by telephone that the National Health Institute laboratory in Rome confirmed the case.
Health and Welfare Minister Maurizio Sacconi planned to hold a news conference later Saturday to talk "about the latest laboratory analyses," his ministry said.
The ANSA news agency, quoting from a statement from Massa Carrara's public health office, said the 50-year-old man and his wife had returned to Milan's Malpensa airport April 24 on a British airline flight from Mexico, after spending several months in Mexico City.
It quoted the statement as saying as saying that anti-viral medication has been given as a precaution to the man's wife and other relatives, and authorities were now checking other passengers on their flight. It did not give the exact airline name or flight number. - AP
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/159635/Hospital-reports-Italys-1st-case-of-swine-flu
Massa Carrara hospital health director Giuliano Biselli said the man was recovering well, but would be hospitalized for a few more days as a precaution.
Biselli told The Associated Press by telephone that the National Health Institute laboratory in Rome confirmed the case.
Health and Welfare Minister Maurizio Sacconi planned to hold a news conference later Saturday to talk "about the latest laboratory analyses," his ministry said.
The ANSA news agency, quoting from a statement from Massa Carrara's public health office, said the 50-year-old man and his wife had returned to Milan's Malpensa airport April 24 on a British airline flight from Mexico, after spending several months in Mexico City.
It quoted the statement as saying as saying that anti-viral medication has been given as a precaution to the man's wife and other relatives, and authorities were now checking other passengers on their flight. It did not give the exact airline name or flight number. - AP
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/159635/Hospital-reports-Italys-1st-case-of-swine-flu