路透社报道- 阿富汗美军基地出现14例猪流感病患

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http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSISL446360

KABUL, July 8 (Reuters) - Fourteen new cases of the H1N1 flu virus have been reported among U.S. citizens on the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan, the Afghan Health Ministry said on Wednesday, the second confirmed cases in three months.
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"In the past few days, 14 cases of the H1N1 flu have been reported from Bagram Air base among U.S. citizens. All of them were treated and have recovered and returned to work," ministry spokesman Farid Raaid told Reuters by telephone.

" n' p0 R% J, P% e- u  QBagram is just north of the capital, Kabul.
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The ministry was conducting rapid assessments of health clinics in the area around Bagram but had so far not found any suspected cases, Raaid said. No cases of H1N1 had been detected among Afghans, he said.
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$ C, K- k4 o2 T/ T$ r! H* aRaaid said the ministry had known of about four suspected cases of the virus, commonly known as swine flu, at Bagram Air Base but the U.S. ambassador on Wednesday told the health minister there had been 14 confirmed cases.

The first confirmed case of the virus in Afghanistan was around three months ago, Raaid said, when a foreigner showed symptoms but returned to his country of origin. Raaid did not say what country the man was from.

Bagram is the main U.S. military air base in the country, home to thousands of U.S. and other international soldiers as well as hundreds of civilian staff.

On Saturday, Afghanistan's only known pig was released from quarantine, two months after he was locked away because of swine flu fears [ID:nISL514086]

1 {, Z: J, f  Q- |. F* P8 c6 I& SThe pig, a curiosity in Muslim Afghanistan where pork and pig products are illegal because they are considered irreligious, was quarantined because visitors to the zoo were worried it could spread the virus to people.

) ?: Y. j7 V2 m; TThe World Health Organisation declared on June 11 that the outbreak of the virus was a pandemic. More than 77,000 people have been infected worldwide. Most people who have caught the infection have suffered mild symptoms.

(Reporting by Jonathon Burch; Editing by Paul Tait)

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喀布尔北部的巴格兰姆美军基地周三宣布，在过去几天内基地里有14位美国公民被确认为猪流感病患。他们现在已全部康复并返回工作岗位。此基地为美国驻阿富汗的主要空军基地，驻有几千名美国及国际联合部队的士兵，另有几百名文职人员。
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阿富汗的第一例猪流感病例早在3个月前被确认，病患是到访的外国人，并已返回原籍国家。

- {8 E" g& I6 F) k1 l阿富汗全国唯一的一头猪在被隔离两个月后重获自由。这头猪是作为珍稀观赏动物被圈养在动物园中的，2个月前因为担心他会传播猪流感病毒给游客而被关禁闭。

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哇！唯一的一头猪！！！