Colombian President Infected With AH1N1
Bogota - Colombian President Alvaro
Uribe was infected with the AH1N1 influenza,
Minister of Social Protection of Colombia
Diego Palacio confirmed on Sunday.
Uribe developed symptoms of the flu on
Friday after coming back from Argentina for
a summit of South American countries. He had
accepted medical inspection and was under
treatment, said the minister.
Palacio affirmed that Uribe continued
performing his duties normally as president
despite the medical treatment and his
voluntary quarantine.
"We government officials are in contact with
the president. I received three minutes ago
the latest information about his condition,
and we were told that he was totally in
peace at present," Palacio said.
He noted that Uribe was not required to be
hospitalized and was "treated as an
outpatient at home."
Meanwhile, Cesar Velasquez, spokesman of the
Casa de Nariño (Headquarters of Government)
said in a statement that the Colombian
government had sent a notice to the
governments of the countries that attended
the summit and suggested that the attendees
receive medical inspection to determine
whether they had been infected by the flu.
None of the government officials of Colombia
accompanying Uribe to the summit in
Argentina was found infected with the
disease.
There have been 621 confirmed cases of AH1N1
flu in Colombia so far, including 34 deaths,
Palacio said.
The government had tightened control at
hospitals and health centers to avoid a
large-scale outbreak of the flu in Colombia. |
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