Health ministry quashes rumours of 'swine flu'

In a press briefing on yesterday in Gaborone, public health director, Shenaaz El Halabi said that media reports that say Botswana has registered five H1N1 influenza suspected cases were not true, adding that the country has not had any confirmed cases.

According to the official, only four African countries - Morocco, South Africa, Algeria and Egypt - have confirmed cases of the influenza. However, she indicated that there were three cases that they suspected in Botswana.