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Scotland confirms first British swine flu victim
… reported the first death in Britain from swine flu, just three days after the World Health Organisation raised the status of the virus to a pandemic. …
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7f3df454-592f-11de-80b3-00144feabdc0.html
June 15, 2009
Financial Times

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pandemic designation spurs vaccine production
Maria Cheng,Frank Jordans, AP Swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration by UN health officials that will speed vaccine production and spur …
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/12/MNBA185OJ9.DTL&type=health
June 15, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle

Swine Flu Origins Revealed
‘Using computational methods, developed over the last ten years at Oxford, we were able to reconstruct the origins and timescale of this new pandemic,’ said …
http://www.wtvynews4.com/news/headlines/48030197.html
June 15, 2009
WTVY

Response to Influenza A (H1N1) Threat
Late last week the World Health Organisation declared the influenza A (H1N1) swine flu outbreak as a pandemic and moved to a phase 6 alert which recognises …
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0906/S00179.htm
June 15, 2009
Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Swine flu hits 20, fear grips many
Mumbai: Swine flu in India is not yet pandemic, but it is certainly creating panic in parts of the country. Fear is mounting as the number of infected …
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_swine-flu-hits-20-fear-grips-many_1264979
June 15, 2009
Daily News & Analysis

В Европе – первая смерть от свиного гриппа
По наихудшему сценарию главного врача Великобритании, может начаться новая пандемия, если вирус сможет мутировать. На данный момент шотландским врачам разрешено ставить диагноз без специальных лабораторных тестов. К заболеванию больше предрасположено молодое поколение – зафиксировано всего …
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In Europe – the first death from a pig flu
For worst-case scenario, chief physician of the UK could start a new pandemic if the virus could mutate. At the moment, Scottish doctors are allowed to diagnose without a specific laboratory tests. More predisposed to the disease younger generation – fixed all …
http://donbass.ua/news/health/2009/06/15/v-evrope-pervaja-smert-ot-svinogo-grippa.html
June 15, 2009
ДОНБАСС

山頂擴大急診室應付流感大流行
【本報訊】世界衛生組織已將預防流感大流行的警戒提升至第六級，本澳亦加強戒備並完善應變措施。仁伯爵醫院為此將原兒科急症室騰空，改設為開放性的特別流感急症室，以應對可能增加的流感病人，並表示將視乎病人數量的多少啟用特別急症室。 世界衛生組織早前已經將流感 …
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Peak to expand the emergency room to deal with influenza pandemic
By the World Health Organization has been the prevention of influenza pandemic alert level to the sixth, the Australian has also stepped up security and improve the contingency measures. Hui count pediatric hospital accident and emergency departments for this purpose the original vacated, set to open in particular influenza A & E to address the possible increase in influenza patients, and that number will depend on the number of patients in particular the opening of the Accident and Emergency Department. World Health Organization has earlier influenza …
http://www.waou.com.mo/detail.asp?id=36175
June 15, 2009
新華澳報

The great swine flu conspiracy
Now we’re actually in the grip of a pandemic, everything seems to have suddenly become even madder. As eccentric pop group Was (Not Was) once observed, …
http://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/2501133/The-great-swine-flu-conspiracy
June 15, 2009
Stuff.co.nz

Swine flu shuts down two more Queensland schools
By Robyn Ironside TWO more state schools have closed due to the swine flu outbreak – taking the number of Queensland schools hit by the pandemic to ten. …
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25636931-3102,00.html
June 15, 2009
Courier Mail

Israel finds 23 more A/H1N1 flu cases
… Health Organization (WHO) raised the A/H1N1 alert to phase six, its highest level, formally declaring that it had developed into a global pandemic. …
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/15/content_11542315.htm
June 15, 2009
Xinhua

В Европе зафиксирована первая смерть от свиного гриппа
По словам генерального директора ВОЗ Маргарет Чэн, решение объявить пандемию было принято после консультаций с экспертами чрезвычайного комитета ВОЗ. Как отметила глава Организации, хотя пандемия может продлиться довольно долго, она носит умеренный характер. Чэн также добавила, что ВОЗ не …
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In Europe, the first recorded death from swine flu
According to WHO Director-General Margaret Chen, a decision to declare a pandemic has been taken after consultation with experts from the WHO emergency. As the head of the Organization, even though a pandemic may last quite a long time, it was moderate. Cheng also added that the WHO does not …
http://vesti.kz/europe/16885/
June 15, 2009
Vesti.kz

Tassie teen in Korean swine flu quarantine
There was a question of whether insurance would cover the players because swine flu was classed as a pandemic that had affected a group and not individuals, …
http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/health/tassie-teen-in-korean-swine-flu-quarantine/1540230.aspx
June 15, 2009
Tasmania Examiner

Roxon tips increase in alert status soon as swine flu spreads
The World Health Organisation has lifted its alert level for the A(H1N1) virus to phase six as the world’s first influenza pandemic in 40 years continues to …
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/roxon-tips-increase-in-alert-status-soon-as-swine-flu-spreads/1540416.aspx
June 15, 2009
The Canberra Times

With pandemic alert, firms urged to review disaster recovery
With the first flu pandemic in 41 years officially declared today by The World Health Organisation (WHO), companies are again being urged to make sure that …
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/316A7FA7134BE9DDCC2575D500748284
June 15, 2009
Computerworld New Zealand

Australia, Saudi Arabia set for new A(H1N1) flu measures
… in four to six months and that it was ready to convert a donation of 50 million doses of vaccine against H5N1 bird flu for the WHO to A(H1N1) flu doses. …
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/435939/1/.html
June 15, 2009
Channel News Asia

Brasil tem 11 novos casos de gripe
… 17 foram registrados em pessoas que tiveram contato com pacientes que contraíram a doença no exterior, que essa semana foi declarada como pandemia. …
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Brazil has 11 new cases of avian
… 17 were recorded in people who had contact with patients who contracted the disease abroad, which this week was declared a pandemic. …
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Mundo/0,,MUL1194053-5602,00-BRASIL+TEM+NOVOS+CASOS+DE+GRIPE.html
June 15, 2009
G1.com.br

Criança com Gripe A pode ter alta hoje
A ministra da Saúde disse que Portugal está longe de uma situação de pandemia, tendo em conta que os três casos confirmados de infecção com o vírus de …
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A child with flu may have high today
The Health Minister said that Portugal is far from a pandemic situation, given that the three confirmed cases of infection with the virus of …
http://www.rr.pt/informacao_detalhe.aspx?fid=92&did=18638
June 15, 2009
Rádio Renascença

Rapaz de oito anos é o terceiro caso confirmado de gripe A em Portugal
Na quinta-feira, a Organização Mundial de Saúde aumentou para o máximo o nível de alerta (início de pandemia), devido à rapidez e à disseminação geográfica …
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Boy of eight years is the third confirmed case of influenza A in Portugal
On Thursday, the World Health Organization has increased to the maximum level of alert (start of a pandemic) because of the speed and geographical spread …
http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1386585&idCanal=62
June 15, 2009
Público.pt