In other news, Nigerian Health Minister Babatunde Osotimehin on Wednesday announced that a nine-year-old American girl living in Lagos, Nigeria, had become the country's first reported case of H1N1, AFP reports. According to the health minister, the girl had fully recovered from the illness and none of those she had contact with had tested positive for the virus (11/4).

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