Thursday, 30 April 2009

swine flu alerts and updates



Fort Worth Closes Its Schools as Swine Flu Spreads in US
New York Times - United States
... of the World Health Organization, and Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, the deputy director, announced a raising of the swine flu alert level on Wednesday in Geneva. ...
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COMPLETE COVERAGE
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
With New York City health officials confirming Saturday that eight schoolchildren likely have swine flu, Long Island health officials are on high alert. ...
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Asia Activates Pandemic Plans After WHO Alert
Voice of America - USA
In the Asia-Pacific, only New Zealand has confirmed cases of swine flu. Philippine health officials went on television Thursday to alert the public of the ...
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Egypt: Pop singer tackles swine flu with song
AKI - Adnkronos International - Roma,Lazio,Italy
Cairo, 30 April (AKI) - An Egyptian pop singer will soon release a song about the global swine flu emergency to alert authorities to contain the pandemic, ...
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New York Times
Lessons From the Non-Pandemic of 1976
New York Times - United States
As news and concern about the swine flu spreads around the world, governments and public health officials are walking a fine line: They try to alert people ...
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Flu alert level raised; pandemic 'imminent'
USA Today - USA
Update at 7:30 pm ET: Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says his state has a probable case of swine flu. Update at 8:02 pm ET: Opening his press conference, ...
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New York School Flu Outbreak Signaled Imminent Pandemic Risk
Bloomberg - USA
What has officials concerned is that some of the 47 people at the school confirmed to be infected with swine flu are likely to have spread the virus to ...
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