Argentine health minister quits as flu spreads

Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:09pm EDT

BUENOS AIRES, June 29 (Reuters) - Argentine Health Minister Graciela Ocana resigned on Monday amid an outbreak of the deadly H1N1 flu strain that has killed 26 people in the country, several television stations reported.

Speculation had grown in recent weeks that Ocana was unhappy in the job and it was widely reported in Argentine media that other cabinet ministers had blocked her measures to combat the current outbreak of H1N1 flu and a previous dengue outbreak. (Reporting by Helen Popper)







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