Outbreak of swine flu kills 17 in Venezuela

In Venezuela 17 people have died and another 250 have been infected from an outbreak of H1N1 flu.

The virus, more commonly known as swine flu, swept around the world four years ago.

Most of the current cases have been in border states near Colombia.

Venezuela's health minister has described this latest outbreak as the tail-end of the 2009/2010 pandemic.

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