Health officials today admitted they still have no idea how an elderly Brit caught a strain of swine flu never seen here before. The disease was only caught by fluke when they were randomly tested by their GP, sparking fears that the H1N2 virus was spreading under the radar Symptoms of swine flu — which sparked a pandemic that raced …
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Canadian health authorities on Wednesday reported the country’s first case of a human infected with the H1N2 virus, a rare strain of swine flu. The case, detected in the western province of Alberta in mid-October, appears to be isolated “and there is no increased risk to Albertans at this time,” local health officials said in a statement. Since 2005 only …
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