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Hong Kong finds 1st case of Tamiflu-resistant A(H1N1) flu virus (The Malaysian Insider)
HONG KONG, July 3 — Hong Kong’s health department said today it had detected a case of human swine influenza virus that was resistant to Tamiflu, the main antiviral flu drug. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a pandemic is under way from the new H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. “This is the first time Tamiflu resistance in HSI virus (was) found in Hong Kong,” a spokesman for ...