3 Suspected Swine Flu Cases Detected in Tyre

Three suspected cases of swine flu were discovered in the southern city of Tyre, reported MTV on Monday.

It said that one of the patients' health “had declined dramatically.”

The patient, aged 55, was receiving treatment at one of the city's hospitals, but was then urgently transferred to a major hospital in Beirut once his health took a turn for the worse.

The two other suspected cases are undergoing examinations to verify their infection with swine flu.

The year 2009 witnessed an outbreak of the disease in the world.

At least four people died from swine flu in Lebanon that year.

Some 18,500 people perished during the global outbreak at the time.

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