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Ministry calls for close vigilance on influenza

The Public Health Ministry yesterday urged its provincial health officers and hospital staff to work closely with health volunteers across the country to detect villagers who devel¬op flulike illness and have a severe form of the typeA (H1N1) virus an... ...full story at The Nation

from The Nation on Fri, Sep 04 2009

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