The Ministry of Public Health in Guyana has received confirmation that a Guyanese patient who was hospitalized after displaying symptoms of swine flu has been infected with the H1N1 virus which causes the disease.

The patient who was being treated at a private hospital has since been transferred by his family to a facility overseas.

Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton says the 50 year old patient who had returned to Guyana from China, developed the symptoms within a two-week period, and was admitted to a private city hospital, but was later transferred to another private medical institution.

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Laboratory in Trinidad returned the results last week, following which the measures were taken to vaccinate members of staff who were treating the man.

The health minister said while this is not good news for Guyana, there is no need to panic, as medical institutions are prepared to deal with such occurrences.

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