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Lima - Peru's health authorities on Wednesday confirmed the country's first case of swine flu.

The victim was an Argentinian woman who was in Mexico only for a few hours on a layover when travelling from the United States to Argentina, Peru's Health Minister Oscar Ugarte said.

The 27-year-old was hospitalized with high fever, nosebleeds and a cough at a quarantine ward in Callao province near the capital Lima, he said.

Lima - Peruvian authorities were Monday investigating a suspected case of swine flu - a traveller who arrived in the country from Mexico, Peruvian Health Minister Oscar Ugarte said. Ugarte told Peruvian radio station RPP that the patient - whose identity and gender was withheld - was taken to a special wing of the Daniel Alcides Carrion Hospital in Callao, near Lima, and was under observation.

The minister said the person was feeling ill and had a high fever.

Lima - Seven children aged between 11 and 14 years and two teachers died when a bridge they were crossing collapsed in the Andean district of Cora Cora, in Ayacucho province, officials said. The tragedy left 53 other people injured, 14 of them in critical condition.

The 100-metre bridge was said to be poorly maintained, and collapsed as children and teachers from three schools were crossing. The victims fell as far as 80 metres down into a precipice, officials said.

Authorities acknowledged that many of the mountainous country's bridges are in states of disrepair.