South Africa ‘catches’ swine flu, first case confirmed | Breaking Tweets

South Africa ‘catches’ swine flu, first case confirmed

Posted by K Mensah on 6/19/09 • Categorized as Africa, Health

Per BBC: South Africa’s first swine flu case – a 12-year-old boy who flew in from the U.S. – has been confirmed. The boy was admitted to a private hospital on Monday morning and discharged after treatment, said health ministry spokesman Fidel Hadebe.
Laboratory tests came back positive on Thursday for the H1N1 virus.

Twitterers in South Africa were mostly concerned by the news:

  1. Ahmed Hoosain
    BuzzBWS (Johannesburg, South Africa) *Sigh* swine flu has landed in South Africa 19 Jun 2009 from mobile web
  2. Karen Gaylard
    karlea (Cape Town, South Africa) and now swine flu is in South Africa… http://tiny.cc/YSQ9O 19 Jun 2009 from web
  3. julia dutton
    julesZA (Johannesburg, South Africa) I don’t believe the SA government it taking the Swine Flu incident seriously enough. And now the doctors strike. Good timing. 19 Jun 2009 from web
  4. Grant Nash
    GrantNash (Johannesburg, South Africa) Am I the only person worried about the little child with Swine Flu ?. Peeps have died for this you know. Im putting my mask back on…. 19 Jun 2009 from web
  5. anita
    anib (Cape Town, South Africa) @BreakingTweets I’m not concerned about H1N1. It was one American kid. We’re not that paranoid. We’ll be fine. 19 Jun 2009 from web in reply to BreakingTweets
  6. S.A. WX & DISASTERS
    SAWDIS (Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa) South Africa’s first case of the H1N1 influenza, or swine flu, was confirmed on 18 June 2009. http://bit.ly/14DkCw 19 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
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