05 May 2009

H1N1 Headlines: H1N1 Flu tops 1,000 mark

Swine Flu H1N1 Dashboard - a good resource of information:
http://www.netvibes.com/cabialerts#CDC_and_WHO_Info

UNITED NATIONS - THE number of H1N1 flu victims topped the 1,000 mark on Monday as the United Nations' most senior health official warned a second wave of the virus could be far worse.

As Mexico, the epicentre of the outbreak, prepared for the reopening on Wednesday of restaurants and businesses shuttered by the virus, the number of affected countries climbed once again.
Mexico raised its confirmed swine flu toll to 26 deaths on Monday, but said the epidemic appeared to be slowing. The previous toll, given late Sunday, was 22 people dead and 568 infected.

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/World/Story/STIStory_372502.html

REUTERS - VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - An Alberta girl has been hospitalized in Canada's first serious case of the H1N1 flu, as the country's confirmed cases climbed to 140, health officials said on Monday.

Officials had expected to discover people suffering more serious effects from the virus as the disease progresses, even though all other cases in Canada have involved only mild symptoms.

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE5436DK20090504

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