Peru Health Ministry confirms 11 new cases of swine flu, nearly 20 Lima schools temporarily shut down

By Annie Thériault Peru’s Health Ministry reported on Thursday that 11 additional cases of swine flu were confirmed in the Andean country, bringing the total to 16. “In Peru, 11 new cases of the AH1N1 virus have been confirmed,” reads the press release posted on the Health Ministry’s website. “And 8 of these cases correspond [...]

Jorge Chavez International Airport employees to obligatorily use masks, gloves

After Peru’s third case of swine flu was confirmed, employees at Jorge Chavez International Airport were told Wednesday they must use of masks and gloves to help stem a feared pandemic. “We are making the use of masks and gloves compulsory,” Callao Regional Health Manager, José del Carmen Sara told state official news agency Andina. [...]

After being stranded in Mexico for days, 17 Peruvians make it back home

Seventeen Peruvians stranded in Mexico after Peru suspended all incoming flights from the Aztec country last week finally made it back to Lima aboard a LACSA flight with a special authorization to land in Peru’s capital, reported daily El Comercio on Wednesday.

Contrary to reports, there are no confirmed cases of swine flu in Peru, says health minister

A day after Peru and Latin America’s first case of swine flu was confirmed, Health Minister Oscar Ugarte said Thursday that an additional battery of tests on an Argentine woman hospitalized in Peru revealed that she did not have swine flu.

Passenger arriving from Mexico not infected with swine flu, Peru steps up health checks in Jorge Chavez International Airport

A Peruvian woman who traveled to Mexico and came back to Peru with flu-like symptoms does not have the swine flu, Radio Radio Programas, or RPP, reported Monday. Carlos Salcedo Espinoza, the director of Callao’s Alcides Carrión Hospital, told reporters that lab results from tests on the 29-year old woman came back negative. Upon her [...]

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