Japan rushed to contain a widening outbreak of swine flu on Monday as global health ministers met in Geneva to discuss vaccine preparations and other preventative measures against the new flu strain.
Japanese cases of the H1N1 strain of influenza reached 135 after the government confirmed 74 new infections, including in …
Posted on May 18, 2009 by Swiney .
Posted on May 18, 2009 by Swiney .
The H1N1 flu strain is spreading fast in Japan and the world may be seeing an influenza pandemic unfold, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said the flu outbreak needed to be tackled with the utmost seriousness because there were still many unknowns about which …
Posted on May 16, 2009 by Swiney .
Japan confirmed its first case of swine flu caught within the country on Saturday, showing a massive effort to block the flu at the island nation’s borders had failed.
The government ordered schools closed in parts of the port city of Kobe, where the Ministry of Health said a male high …