Source: Xinhua
04-29-2009 10:11
Special Report: Tech MaxSEOUL, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean government said Tuesday that the patient suspected of swine flu infection showed a positive result on the test for the type-A influenza.
The state-run Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said that it classified the 51-year-old woman suspected of human infection of swine flu as an 'assumed patient,' which refers to a person showing a positive result on the type-A influenza test and is a one-notch higher level than a 'suspected patient.'
The South Korean government has sent the patient to an isolation ward and plans to report the case to the U.S. health authorities to get a confirmation, which will take about a week, the KDCD said.
Earlier in the day, South Korea's health authorities reported a suspected case of a swine flu patient for the first time in the country.
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