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1st Swine Flu cases in Jordan and Qatar

Jordan and Qatar join the list of the countries affected by the Swine Flu pandemic, as they discovered 4 cases coming lately from the U.S and Austria.

Nayef Al-Fayez, the Jordanian minister of Health has declared that 2 girls have been tested positive for the H1N1 virus; both girls -aged 11 and 17- arrived from the U.S. last week.

As for Qatar, the official Qatari press agency has stated that a New-Zealand 2-year-old boy coming from Austria has tested positive for the virus last Saturday, while another American 26-months-old boy also tested positive for H1N1 coming from New York through Bangladesh.

The H1N1 virus has recently been declared a pandemic by the "WHO" (World Health Organization) after hitting several countries.