(GEN) 15 DIAGNOSED WITH SWINE FLU IN ANKARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.ANKARA, Oct 15, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- The governor of the Turkish capital of Ankara said on Thursday that 15 people were diagnosed with swine flu swine flu n. A highly contagious form of human influenza caused by a filterable virus identical or related to a virus formerly isolated from infected swine. in an elementary school elementary school: see school. . Governor Kemal Onal said that the number of people infected with swine flu had risen to 15 in the Bilkent University Preparatory School (BUPS BUPS British Undergraduate Philosophy Society BUPS Bilkent University Preparatory School (Ankara, Turkey) BUPS Black Undergraduate Psychology Society (Southern Illinois University) ) Elementary School. "A team comprised of provincial health directorate and school management visited 59 houses and blood samples were taken from 31 houses," Onal told AA correspondent. Onal said that he expected the results of the tests by this evening. "The number of swine flu cases reached 15 in BUPS, including ten students, one parent, one teacher and three people outside the school," he said. On Thursday, Health Ministry said ten people were infected with swine flue in this elementary school. A student who had returned to Turkey from Scotland was hospitalized after symptoms of swine flu were detected. The result of the tests was positive. The school will be closed for a week. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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