Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 7:16:04 AM
MADRID – Spain's Health Ministry confirmed the country's first case of swine flu on Monday and said another 20 people are suspected of having the disease. It was the first confirmed swine flu case in Europe and the first outside of North America.
Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez said the patient is a young man who had recently returned from Mexico where he had been as part of his university studies.
Jimenez told a press conference the man is responding well to treatment and that neither he nor any of the people under observation are in serious condition.
COMMENT by Arn:
Many of you will enter Spain through Madrid. Taking some precautions will greatly reduce the possibility of becoming infected.
Use a hand sanitizer after you touch any items that are exposed to the public…water fountains, drink dispensers, hand dryers, toilet facilities, etc.
If you’re arriving from Mexico, or are connecting with a flight that originated in Mexico or Central America, take the same precautions. More to come.
Buen healthy Camino
Arn
MADRID – Spain's Health Ministry confirmed the country's first case of swine flu on Monday and said another 20 people are suspected of having the disease. It was the first confirmed swine flu case in Europe and the first outside of North America.
Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez said the patient is a young man who had recently returned from Mexico where he had been as part of his university studies.
Jimenez told a press conference the man is responding well to treatment and that neither he nor any of the people under observation are in serious condition.
COMMENT by Arn:
Many of you will enter Spain through Madrid. Taking some precautions will greatly reduce the possibility of becoming infected.
Use a hand sanitizer after you touch any items that are exposed to the public…water fountains, drink dispensers, hand dryers, toilet facilities, etc.
If you’re arriving from Mexico, or are connecting with a flight that originated in Mexico or Central America, take the same precautions. More to come.
Buen healthy Camino
Arn