A couple of days ago, we reported that WHO had issued a warning concerning a virulent strain of H1N1. Well, we hope that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe doesn’t have that one, because he has just contracted Swine Flu.
Uribe, 57, started feeling a bit fluish on Friday, the very same day he was at a meeting of South American presidents in Argentina. So now, the leaders of South America are all at risk of infection. The good news is that none of his family or close associates have been diagnosed with the disease.
At the meeting, Uribe was touting his proposed plan to allow U.S. troops more access to Colombian bases as part of his government’s fight against drug traffickers and rebels. Little did he know that a virus was spying on the meeting. Colombia’s foreign ministry is now contacting other countries who were involved in the meeting.
Guess who was also there? Our friend, Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez, who says he feels fine. Well shucks. That’s just disappointing. Though he had nice things to say to his rival Uribe, who he’s threatened to attack militarily several times in the past few months. “I regret this and hope there are no repercussions for the president’s health and that nobody else has caught the disease,” said Chavez. We hope he means it. Though, on second thought, it doesn’t really matter.
President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias has already been infected with the disease and recovered, and the same will probably happen with Uribe, assuming he hasn’t contracted the virulent strain.
Colombia has reported 621 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu, including Uribe’s. There have been 34 deaths from the illness, the government says.
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