France: 4 possible cases of Swine Flu

By Rudy Ruitenberg

April 26 (Bloomberg) -- French officials said they’re studying four possible cases of swine flu in the north of the country.

Test results should be available within 24 hours, Francoise Weber, director general of the Sanitary Surveillance Institute, said at a news conference in Paris today. Three of the cases are in one family in the north, while the fourth is a woman in the Paris region, she said. Two suspected cases in the south and southwest of the country have been determined to not be bird flu, she said.

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