Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias, surrounded by his bodyguards, arrives to inaugurate the National Center for Biotechnology Innovations in San Jose August 18, 2009. Arias returned to his normal routine on Tuesday, after becoming the first head of state known to be infected with the H1N1 flu virus. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias, surrounded by his bodyguards, arrives to inaugurate the National Center for Biotechnology Innovations in San Jose August 18, 2009. Arias returned to his normal routine on Tuesday, after becoming the first head of state known to be infected with the H1N1 flu virus.

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