June 19, 2002, 11:14 AM
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Pakistani "Smallpox" update
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=27999
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A reported outbreak of smallpox in the Swabi district of Pakistan has turned out to be nothing more than chickenpox, reports the World Health Organization.
The "epidemic" of deadly smallpox was first publicized in the Pakistan Dawn June 9. WorldNetDaily reported on the supposed outbreak after contacting officials from the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control.
WHO officials later reported that the organization had personnel "on the ground" in Pakistan investigating the claim. A subsequent e-mail to WND confirmed the suspicion that the outbreak was in fact chickenpox.
"There has not been a case of smallpox anywhere in the world since the late 1970s, and all rumors since then have been proved to be false," Iain Simpson, a spokesman for WHO, told WorldNetDaily before the organization's probe was completed.
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