WHO declares first 21st century flu pandemic on Thursday, June 11, 2009. The first since 1968!

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Saturday, May 23, 2009

First victim is 10-year-old girl returned from United States and Canada

The Department of Health in the Philippines has confirmed the country's first case of swine flu. Once again, the victim is very young: a 10-year-old girl who returned with her parents May 18 after visiting Canada and the United States. The authorities haven't disclosed her name or where she is being quarantined. She still has a sore throat, but no longer has a fever. Her parents, who show no symptoms, were nonetheless given oseltamivir, an anti-viral drug.

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