CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to protect public health.
Only Friday did Argentina’s new health minister, Juan Manzur, raise the country’s official death toll to 44. He now estimates that as [...]
By MARIA CHENG
AP Medical Writer
LONDON (AP) – Britain faces a projected 100,000 new swine flu cases a day by August and must revamp its flu strategy, the nation’s health minister said Thursday.
Britain has officially reported 7,747 swine flu cases and three deaths, but officials acknowledge the real number of cases is far higher, since many [...]
SYDNEY (AP) – Australia recorded its 10th death linked to swine flu Thursday, while Chinese officials ruled that a woman with H1N1 who died was not killed by the virus.
A 45-year-old man died in the intensive care ward of a Sydney hospital on Monday, New South Wales state Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said.
The man [...]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – The president of the Philippines has placed herself under voluntary quarantine after returning from a 13-day trip to countries affected by swine flu – despite the fact that she’s feeling fine, officials said Tuesday.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will enter a hospital as part of the quarantine procedure to serve as an [...]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – New Zealand expects a big increase in swine flu cases in the coming months, a health chief said Sunday, as infections from the virus continued to climb across the Asia-Pacific.
New Zealand was the first country in the region to announce a confirmed case in late April, but health authorities say [...]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) – Swine flu spread to the remote South Pacific island state of Samoa and confirmed infections spiked by 50 percent in Thailand on Tuesday as cases mounted across the region.
New Zealand reported 28 new cases, matching its biggest jump in cases in a single day. China reported 41 more, while Hong Kong [...]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) – Authorities urged the public to remain calm as swine flu cases more than doubled in Thailand on Saturday and New Zealand warned a sharp rise in its infections could be imminent, two days after the U.N. declared a pandemic.
Hong Kong and the Philippines also confirmed more cases. None of the countries [...]
GENEVA (AP) – The World Health Organization held an emergency swine flu meeting Thursday and was likely to declare the first flu pandemic in 41 years as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere.
Health officials from Scotland, Indonesia and Thailand said the agency would declare a swine flu pandemic – [...]
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) – At least 30 students at a Japanese International School in Duesseldorf have tested positive for swine flu, officials in the western German city said Thursday, and the number of cases is expected to rise.
One student tested positive for the virus Monday and the school was shut down Tuesday as a precaution. [...]
CAIRO (AP) – Two more people in Egypt have tested positive for swine flu bringing the total number of those infected in the country to 10, the spokesman for the Health Ministry said Wednesday.
Abdel Rahman Shahine said that the two new cases had recently returned from the United States. One is an Egyptian citizen who [...]
