On Sunday, April 26th, the US government declared a public health emergency after confirming 20 cases of swine flu in the country. American officials stressed that the cases here were all mild, with only one person hospitalized. Here, Dr. Richard Besser, Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), center, participates in a press briefing at the White House with Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, left, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, center left, and John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, right.
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