 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| . |  |
. |
French swine flu 'accelerating', 22 dead in a week
Paris (AFP) Nov 26, 2009 Swine flu killed 22 more people over the past week in France, the health minister said Thursday, warning that the spread of the virus was speeding up here. "We have already said it, but this time, in a more brutal fashion, the H1N1 epidemic is accelerating," Roselyne Bachelot told reporters, adding that the death toll in mainland France now stood at 68. "We were on a rhythm of eight to 10 new deaths a week" before the latest development, she said. The minister's comments came in the same week that the French suddenly started besieging flu vaccination centres after initially failing to take much interest in having themselves inoculated. Around 750,000 people out of a total population of 62 million have been vaccinated, Bachelot said. The education ministry said Thursday it has shut down 353 schools where pupils were found to be infected with the flu virus in a bid to stop its spread. Swine flu first emerged in Mexico in April and has been blamed for nearly 7,000 deaths worldwide according to the World Health Organisation, with most of the victims in the Americas. Share This Article With Planet Earth
Related Links Epidemics on Earth - Bird Flu, HIV/AIDS, Ebola
UN AIDS chief in China to push for stronger civil societyShanghai (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 The UN AIDS chief said 50 million people are at risk from the disease in China and the government must do more to reach out to civil society and work with vulnerable groups such as homosexuals. China has 319,877 confirmed HIV cases but 740,000 are estimated to be infected, Michel Sidibe told AFP in an interview late Tuesday, citing figures compiled by UNAIDS, the World Health Organisation ... read more |
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2009 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
YahooMyWeb
Google
Facebook