The New York Times

Colombian Leader Getting Over Flu

Sept 01--President Álvaro Uribe is recovering from the swine flu, but now his defense minister is showing some symptoms of the same illness, officials said Monday.

1 de septiembre de 2009

Mr. Uribe received the diagnosis of the H1N1 swine flu after he returned from a meeting on Friday of South American leaders. His government urged other leaders who had attended the meeting, in Bariloche, Argentina, to check if they had been infected.
 
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