Colombian health authorities raised the number of patients carrying the
AH1N1 virus, or swine flu, to 72 on Wednesday after confirming one new case.
The woman from Bogota had contact with a confirmed case of the AH1N1 virus.
She is treated at home and is allowed no visitors.
Since the break out of the virus, Colombian authorities issued an
alert for possible swine flu in 2014 cases. 656 people are considered
“suspicious cases” because of symptoms that resemble that of AH1N1. Two people died because of the swine flu.