Global Health Progress

Abuja — The Federal Government yesterday declared that the swine flu epidemic currently ravaging Mexico and some parts of Europe has not been reported in any part of the country. Minister of Health, Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, who made this known, confirmed that no case of the Influenza had so far been reported in Nigeria. The Minister who addressed reporters at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, however, urged those just back from trips abroad having chest pain, muscle pain and headache to quickly visit the nearest hospital where they would be isolated and treated in order to avoid the spread.

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