{"id":326956,"date":"2022-10-04T14:57:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T12:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=326956"},"modified":"2022-10-04T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T12:57:30","slug":"health-ministry-keeps-check-on-swine-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=326956","title":{"rendered":"Health Ministry keeps check on swine flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>THE Ministry of Health and Social Services urged Namibians to be cautious after national and regional health facilities are reporting a possible Swine Flu (N1H1) outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Mr Ben Nangombe, reminded Namibians to maintain sneezing and coughing etiquette to minimise the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have activated our system to verify the information through our laboratory and the nation will be informed accordingly,\u2019 Nangombe said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that swine flu is primarily caused by the H1N1 strain of the influenza virus and is one of several flu virus strains that can cause the seasonal flu.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: For Illustrative purposes only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter THE Ministry of Health and Social Services urged Namibians to be cautious after national and regional health facilities are reporting a possible Swine Flu (N1H1) outbreak. 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