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Lloyd Owusu is down with swine flu Australia-based Ghanaian striker and Adelaide United recruit Lloyd Owusu has been diagnosed with swine flu. The Ghanaian-born English striker has been in isolation since last weekend after contracting the flu either shortly after touching down in Australia or on the flight from England. �Lloyd has got confirmed swine flu complicated by pneumonia. You can get varying side effects such as aches with the virus but Lloyd got pneumonia with it,� Adelaide club doctor James Ilic said. �The incubation period would suggest that he either got it almost straight after arriving in Australia or on the flight from the UK, they're the two likely scenarios. �He has been in isolation since Sunday. He's progressing well but he's still awhile away from joining the main group,� Dr Ilic added. �It's no different from dealing with human influenza, which is relatively common. It's just a matter of him getting plenty of rest, symptomatic treatment and lots of fluid, and treatment with the anti viral drug Tamiflu.�