25th Finnish Swine Flu Case Confirmed
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Finland's 25th case of swine flu has been confirmed. The latest H1N1 patient is a young man from Oulu who recently returned from a trip to the United States.
The latest case was confirmed Sunday. Four new cases were reported on Thursday, and three were reported on Friday.
All of the diagnosed victims in Finland have recently come from other countries, especially among travellers returning from the United States. In Finland, quarantine measures have been successful, and there have been no confirmed cases of the disease spreading from travellers to the general population.
Infections have also come to Finland as unwanted travellers’ souvenirs from Mexico, Hong Kong, and Australia.
Public health authorities are urging people returning from Mexico, the United States, Canada, Australia and Chile to monitor their own state of health for at least a week after coming back to Finland, and to contact a health centre if any flu symptoms emerge.
The World Health Organisation estimates the number of confirmed H1N1 infections at over 44,000.
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