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Europe's First Swine Flu Case: BBC Learning English Words in The News 27 April 2009

Spain has confirmed its first case of swine flu, diagnosed in a 23-year-old man who recently returned from Mexico. The health minister stated that the patient's condition is not serious and that there are 20 additional suspected cases under investigation. Spain is prioritizing information sharing among regions and has sufficient anti-viral medicines available.

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Europe's First Swine Flu Case: BBC Learning English Words in The News 27 April 2009

Spain has confirmed its first case of swine flu, diagnosed in a 23-year-old man who recently returned from Mexico. The health minister stated that the patient's condition is not serious and that there are 20 additional suspected cases under investigation. Spain is prioritizing information sharing among regions and has sufficient anti-viral medicines available.

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BBC Learning English

Words in the News


27th April 2009
Europe's first swine flu case

Europe's first confirmed case of swine flu has been diagnosed in Spain. The country's health
ministry confirmed the news on Monday morning, after tests on a man who had recently
returned from a trip to Mexico. From Madrid, here's Steve Kingstone:

The patient is a twenty-three year old man from the province of Albacete in south-eastern
Spain. He arrived home from Mexico with a fever last Wednesday and was isolated in a
hospital ward on Saturday night. Confirming the diagnosis of swine flu, Spain's health
minister, Trinidad Jimenez, said the man was being treated in accordance with World Health
Organisation procedures and that his condition was not serious.

A further twenty suspected cases are under investigation in Spain, in locations ranging from
Madrid to Mallorca, Barcelona to the Basque Country. The patients concerned had all
recently returned from Mexico. None of the cases is thought to be life threatening.

The minister said it was now an "urgent priority" for different regions of the country to share
information. She stressed that Spain had sufficient supplies of anti-viral medicines.

Steve Kingstone, BBC News, Madrid

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Vocabulary and definitions

patient someone who is suffering from an illness or disease and is


being treated for it

a fever unusually high body temperature caused by an infection

ward one of the parts or rooms into which a hospital is divided

swine flu a respiratory disease caused by influenza type A which


normally infects pigs. Symptoms of swine flu in humans
are similar to those produced by standard, seasonal flu
(fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, chills and fatigue)

in accordance with as instructed by

under investigation being looked at/examined

to be life threatening to be severe enough to cause death

urgent priority something that is so important that it cannot be delayed

sufficient supplies enough

anti-viral that can fight harmful viruses

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