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Servant caused H1N1 outbreak

THE swine flu infection involving 22 pupils in a Beijing primary school was caused by a housekeeper, according to the Beijing Health Bureau. The unnamed servant started work for the family of a student at Nanhu... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Jul 03 2009

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