Swine flu reaches Norway
Two Norwegian students just back from Mexico have been diagnosed with swine flu in the Scandinavian country’s first confirmed cases, a health official said today.
The man and woman, both aged 20, were confirmed as being infected after returning from studying in Mexico, the epicentre of the swine flu outbreak, said National Health Directorate spokeswoman Anne Kirkhusmo.
“Two persons have been infected,” Kirkhusmo said. “They are both doing well. They have not been to hospital.”
The man was from Oslo, the woman was from the city of Skien, she said.
Two other Scandinavian countries, Sweden and Denmark, earlier confirmed one case each of swine flu.
More than 3,440 cases of swine flu have been confirmed worldwide.
