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Bahrain and Saudi Arabia report swine flu cases
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On Monday Bahrain reported seven new cases of swine flu in the country, Middle East Online reports. Seven out of thirteen students who returned from the United States were diagnosed with the disease. At the same time, Saudi Arabia reported three more cases of swine flu. Therefore, there are eleven cases of swine flu in Saudi Arabia in total. Previously, Kuwait and UAE reported cases of the virus. Last month 18 American soldiers in Kuwait were found to have contracted the disease, while UAE reported at least two cases. Last week WHO declared a state of swine flu pandemic, mostly due to the rapid rise in the cases of swine flu in Australia, where over a 1000 cases have been registered so far. Swine flu has been detected in 74 countries of the world and nearly 30000 people have become infected. However, most people have only mild symptoms and so far only about 100 people have died, which means the virus is not deadlier than the regular flu.
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