'Swine Flu Adding to Afghanistan's Many Problems', CTV, 11 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Across Afghanistan, there is a state of emergency. But it's not because of the war that has dragged on for eight years now; it's because of the H1N1 flu. Schools and universities closed this week and public gatherings are now banned. People everywhere are wearing masks to ward off a disease that few Afghans even paid any attention to a few weeks ago. That changed on Oct. 28, when a 35-year-old engineer from Kabul died of an H1N1 infection. In the two weeks since, 10 more people have died, while almost 800 are now sickened with the illness. The Afghan Ministry of Public Health reported Monday that 710 of the 779 cases of swine flu in the nation have been among military personnel. Of them, 320 cases are among foreign troops deployed in Afghanistan, along with another 390 Afghan National Army soldiers, one of whom has died."
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