Swine Flu in South Africa - 2 cases

SHOOT: This was known on Monday. The case was in the Western Cape. No word on the second case although it's possible (one assumes) the doctor was the second case. If not, the second case isn't mentioned at all in the article. Worryingly, the lab sample was lost.

Moneyweb: A general practitioner who treated the woman last Saturday did consider swine flu as a possible diagnosis.
She was given anti-viral treatment and sent home.
The woman was fine now.

The specimen taken from her was not stored appropriately, which meant a laboratory assessment to confirm the case could not be done.

clipped from www.moneyweb.co.za (Sapa) Two suspected cases of swine flu have been reported in South Africa, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said on Wednesday. Deputy director Lucille Blumberg said the first, which became known on Monday, was a woman from the Western Cape who travelled extensively in Mexico earlier this month. She was in contact with the people there while using trains and buses. The woman was ill with flu-like symptoms on her return to South Africa on April 24, Blumberg said. A general practitioner who treated the woman last Saturday did consider swine flu as a possible diagnosis. "(But) she fits the case definitely," said Blumberg. No confirmed cases of swine flu have been identified in South Africa.