Archive for May 11th, 2009
Monday, May 11th, 2009
The World Health Organization announced Saturday that the new H1N1 swine flu virus has spread to 29 countries, while Costa Rica reported its first death and Mexico reported three additional deaths.
The WHO said the number of confirmed swine flu cases around the world has risen to 3,440 with the latest infections reported in Argentina, Panama, Australia and Japan. Costa Rica is the first Central American country to report a swine flu death. Mexican raised its death toll to 48 and the number of confirmed cases by 259, to nearly 1,600 (1,578).
Health Ministry spokesman Carlos Olmos said the latest deaths involved previously suspected cases and took place May 6 and before.
Canada has reported one swine flu death and the death toll in the United States remains at two.
The British government has announced it has decoded the genetic information of the virus, bringing it a step closer to developing a swine flu vaccine.
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
The US has more confirmed cases of swine flu than any other country, the World Health Organisation said as health officials announced the country’s third death from the disease today.
The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 2,254 confirmed cases across the US, and the deputy director for science and public health, Anne Schuchat, warned that the total could be an underestimate.
“Today there are almost 3,000 probable and confirmed cases here in the United States,” she said. “The good news is we are not seeing a rise above the epidemic threshold.”
The US department of health said a man in Washington state with H1N1 influenza died last week. (more…)
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
What’s the value of an ocean-view home set some 50 yards from a beach, with a total of six bedrooms, 6 1/2 baths and a pool in sun-drenched Costa Rica?
A lot less than you’d think. In fact, less than many houses on Lake Minnetonka.
But receiver Doug Kelley no longer has to worry whether he’ll find a buyer for the Central American property owned by Michael Catain, one of the convicted money launderers in the alleged Ponzi scheme Wayzata businessman Tom Petters has been accused of running.
In court documents filed Friday, Kelley revealed a $1.05 million cash offer for Catain’s Costa Rica home, which Catain called Casa Tranquila. (more…)
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