Bogotá, Colombia
President has swine flu: Colombian President Álvaro Uribe is sick with the H1N1 flu. Uribe had to get medical attention while attending a town council meeting. So far, his case seems mild, and he has not been hospitalized. But concerns were raised that Uribe may have infected other leaders from the region; he was diagnosed just after returning from a South American summit in Argentina, where he met with 11 other national leaders. All of them have been warned to watch for symptoms. Cases of swine flu were first confirmed in Colombia in May. Since then the virus has killed 29 people there.
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