8 Swine flu cases among one family in Diala

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Eight H1N1 (Swine flu) cases have been detected among one family in Khales, north of Baaquba, director of the heath department in Diala said. “The health department in Diala found on Sunday eight new Swine Flu cases from one family in al-Ahiemar region in al-Salam district in Khales,” Dr. Ali Hussein al-Tamemi told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The eight people are the family of a child who was infected four days ago and was treated at Khales hospital,” he explained. Al-Tamemi had said that the child was infected in Iran before entering the Iraqi territories along with his family. Baaquba, the capital of Diala, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad. SH (P) /SR 1