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Ecuador closes consulates in N.Y. over flu fears

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Mon May 25, 2009 8:15pm EDT
This preliminary negative stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM) image depicts some of the ultrastructural morphology of an H1N1 ''swine flu'' virus culture obtained from a California patient suffering from the current international flu outbreak, in an image obtained from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, April 28, 2009. REUTERS/C. S. Goldsmith and A. Balish/Centers for Disease Control/Handout

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador temporarily closed its two consulates in New York City on Monday over fears one of its workers contracted the H1N1 flu virus that has sparked fears of a global pandemic.

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Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Ministry said the consulates in the New York boroughs of Manhattan and Queens would remain shut until health authorities are able to confirm whether it is a case of the new swine flu virus.

The Andean country has confirmed 24 cases of the virus, mostly contracted by people who visited countries such as the United States and Mexico with the most confirmed cases, or who had close contact with travelers.

The World Health Organization has confirmed 12,515 infections across 46 countries with the newly discovered strain that has killed 91 people.

(Reporting by Alonso Soto; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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