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Text of report by Kelum Bandara headlined "Swine flu detected in Sri Lanka" published by Sri Lankan newspaper Daily Mirror on 17 June
The first case of H1N1 influenza (commonly known as swine flu) was reported in Sri Lanka yesterday. The patient was an eight year old child who had arrived here from Australia on Sunday [14 June]. The case was detected by the health authorities at around 4.00pm yesterday, and steps were taken to keep the patient isolated at the IDH in Angoda with special medical arrangements.
Addressing a hurriedly summoned press conference last evening, Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said that the father of the infected child had informed the …