US Delegation member ill with Flu in France in advance of Obama trip

www.google.com...

The Obama Administration is planning a visit next week to Normandie to honor D-Day. In advance of the visit, many of his Cabinet and staff are in France. An aide to the Administration has taken ill and is being held in Caen.

It is not known whether the hospitalized woman caught the virus in the US or in France.

Also- there is no report as to whether Obama will go to France next week or remain in the US.

Would love to hear if anyone has any other details.


Edit to post that this is via the AP, hosted by Google.

[edit on 29-5-2009 by CultureD]

More information on the Obama aide:

www.reuters.com...

Apparently the Obama trip will not be post-poned or cancelled, and will include stops in Egypt, and other parts of the Middle East. Maybe they can pick up H5N1 in Egypt and do a real live reassortment.....