The US Navy says the number of American sailors with swine flu has jumped to 18 from just a handful early in the week
The US Navy says the number of American sailors with swine flu has jumped to 18 from just a handful early in the week. Navy spokesperson Lt Commander John M Daniels says the number spiked when 11 suspected cases from the amphibious warfare ship USS Dubuque were confirmed.
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The Navy announced on Tuesday that it was cancelling the deployment of the San Diego-based ship after a member of the crew fell ill. The 11 new confirmed cases were among 50 people the Navy said at that time were showing symptoms and being treated with the anti-viral drug Tamiflu.
The ship was to leave on June 1 for a humanitarian mission to the South Pacific. Daniels says all but one of the 18 infected sailors are in the San Diego area in southern California.
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