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Swine flu outbreak

In this photo released by the Argentine Ministry of Health, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (right) and Minister of Health Juan Manzur visit a hospital, where many cases of the H1N1 flu virus are concentrated, in the Malvinas Argentinas municipality in Buenos Aires on Friday. The virus caused 44 deaths and 2.800 confirmed infections, but Manzur estimated that those infected actually number about 100,000.

In this photo released by the Argentine Ministry of Health, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (right) and Minister of Health Juan Manzur visit a hospital, where many cases of the H1N1 flu virus are concentrated, in the Malvinas Argentinas municipality in Buenos Aires on Friday. The virus caused 44 deaths and 2.800 confirmed infections, but Manzur estimated that those infected actually number about 100,000.  (Getty/AFP photo by Graciela Pace)

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A swine flu outbreak, later identified as the H1N1 virus, began in Mexico and spread to the U.S., Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Britain, Germany, Spain, Israel and Austria. Here is how the world responded to the outbreak.

Flu strikes cruise ship

The Bermudan cruise ship Emerald Princess anchors in Helsingborg harbor in southern Sweden on Saturday. Thirteen crew members and one passenger were diagnosed with swine flu and quarantined on board when the ship visited Helsinki on June 28.  (Getty/AFP photo by Bjorn Lindgren)

Under surveillance

A woman stands at the entrance to an isolation unit at the Hvidovre Hospital, in surburban Copenhagen. Eight patients are currently under surveillance at the unit for symptoms of the swine flu disease.  (AFP/Getty photo by ens Nørgaard Larsen)

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