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Article: Pig cull forces Cairo to get creative with waste
11-08-2009
When a new flu virus emerged in Mexico earlier this year, it was christened swine flu and the name led to panic measures in some countries in the mistaken belief that pigs were carriers. Egypt took the drastic – you might even say...
Article: Mexican flu claims first life in the Netherlands
04-08-2009
The Dutch health authorities have confirmed that a 17-year-old youth has become the first person in the Netherlands to die as a result of the Mexican flu. The young man already suffered from a severe congenital illness, and having...
Article: Pandemic: NO PANIC!
12-06-2009
The world is facing a flu pandemic. On Thursday, the World Health Organisation raised the level of alert to phase 6, the highest phase. What does that mean?
Article: Mexican flu keeps on spreading
03-06-2009
Now the Mexican flu virus is turning up in more and more countries, the World Health Organisation is considering raising the alert to the highest level. This would give the outbreak the official status of a pandemic.
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