28 April,2009 11:27 AM IST | | Agencies
The White House said President Barack Obama's health was never in danger after a section of the media raised questions over his condition after he came in contact with a person in Mexico who died later due to swine flu.
The clarification came following reports that Felipe Solis, Director of Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology, who had come in contact with Obama during his visit to the country, died the day after due to swine flu, which is spreading fast in the American continent. "The President's health was never in any danger," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
"The doctors have informed me that the President's health was never in any danger; that he has not exhibited any symptoms; neither has anybody travelling with him; neither has any of the press that travelled with him that I'm aware of exhibited any symptoms that would cause some reason for concern," he said.
Obama visited Mexico on April 16 and 17, three days after the beginning of the outbreak of swine flu that has now killed as many as 149 people in Mexico and infected 44 in the United States. The White House the Government of Mexico clarified that flue was not the cause of death of Solis. He died a week later due to cardiac arrest.
