Media focus on minister's kiss at flu event

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish newspapers splashed photos Saturday of the health minister failing to practice her own advice to avoid kissing in an H1N1 flu awareness campaign.

The front pages of El Mundo and another national newspaper featured pictures of Trinidad Jimenez kissing news conference assistants twice on the cheek before she went on to warn against kissing as a way to prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu virus.

Jimenez's health campaign, launched Friday, recommended measures such as washing hands frequently, using tissues when sneezing or coughing and avoiding kissing and sharing glasses.

The news conference was held hours before the virus claimed its eleventh victim in the country, a 31-year-old woman.

(Reporting by Tracy Rucinski; Editing by Charles Dick)