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China, Hong Kong confirm influenza cases

INCOMING ILLS In China, a 19-year-old student traveling from Canada contracted the illness. In Hong Kong, a 24-year-old man with the swine flu arrived from the US

AGENCIES , BEIJING, GENEVA AND HONG KONG

There were no deaths from the virus outside of North America, which is also the only region to have confirmed cases of sustained human-to-human transmission of the disease.

In Europe, the hardest hit countries were Spain with 98 cases and Britain, which reported 68.

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