18 American soldiers confirmed to be infected with 'Swain flu'.

By: sonalbenanilkumarrana

as-Sālimiyah : Kuwait | 6 months ago

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18 U.S. troops in the Gulf country of Kuwait has been confirmed to be infected with dangerous flu A (H 1 N 1) .

Top officials of the Ministry of Health said that 18 U.S. troops confirmed for the infection of the disease.

Some U.S. troops deployed in Kuwait have come to know in the testing of infection of the disease .

Today,the 42 countries of the world are in the grip of this disease and till date 86 people have been died.

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