China-Swine Flu Confirmed Case

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BEIJING (AP) - China has confirmed a 30-year-old student just back from the 
United States as its first case of swine flu 
on the mainland and its second overall.

China has quarantined dozens of 
other people who were on a flight with the student from Beijing to 
Chengdu.

Chinese officials say the 30-year-old patient, who's in stable 
condition, had been studying at the University of Missouri and developed 
symptoms while on the last leg of his trip home. He'd departed St. Louis on 
Thursday.

Sixty-three of the 150 passengers from the flight from Beijing 
to Chengdu have been located and placed in quarantine. Officials are looking for 
other passengers on earlier legs of his flight.

China has been accused in 
the past of not acting quickly enough to combat the spread of diseases, 
especially the 2003 global outbreak of SARS.

Medclinician 

comment: this was like pulling teeth - it is solid though. 

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	http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/2009swineflu/story/China-confirms-first-swine-flu-case-on-mainland/FBTPEJh9hUa7w4rB5mZmxQ.cspx BEIJING (AP) - China has confirmed a 30-year-old student just back from the United States as its first case of swine flu on the mainland and its second overall. China has quarantined dozens of other people who were on a flight with the student from Beijing to Chengdu. Chinese officials say the 30-year-old patient, who's in stable condition, had been studying at the University of Missouri and developed symptoms while on the last leg of his trip home. He'd departed St. Louis on Thursday. Sixty-three of the 150 passengers from the flight from Beijing to Chengdu have been located and placed in quarantine. Officials are looking for other passengers on earlier legs of his flight. China has been accused in the past of not acting quickly enough to combat the spread of diseases, especially the 2003 global outbreak of SARS. Medclinician comment: this was like pulling teeth - it is solid though.