UK:
Hundreds of Brits ‘will get swine flu in weeks’... and pandemic could strike 40% of us
By Daniel Martin
Last updated at 10:34 AM on 29th April 2009
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1174110/Hundreds-Brits-swine-flu-weeks—pandemic-strike-40-us.html?ITO=1490
- Two enter London hospital with ‘flu-like’ symptoms
- Health official says 40% of Britons could be infected
- Mexican death toll hits 159 with 2,500 more sick
- Second honeymoon couple quarantined in Scotland
- UK holiday firms cancel flights and repatriate tourists
- Brown insists Britain is well-placed to tackle outbreak
Hundreds of Britons can expect to be struck down with swine flu within weeks, a health expert has warned.
Professor Neil Ferguson, a member of the World Health Organisation’s taskforce tackling the outbreak, sounded his warning as global concern intensified.
In Britain, where there are two confirmed cases, dozens of people were being tested for the potentially fatal bug.
Professor Ferguson warned that up to 40 per cent of the British population, or 24 million people - could become ill if the outbreak dragged on until the winter and became a pandemic.
It is interesting to read the levels of concern and information provided through other governments to their own people. Japan, Britain...and what the 0 administration is sayin to the our own citizens who are more likely to be affected ....