The deepening swine flu outbreak led Japan’s government to shut more than 4,000 schools and spurred the World Health Organization to urge drugmakers such as Sanofi- Aventis SA and GlaxoSmithKline Plc to start preparing a vaccine.
Japan shut 4,464 schools in six prefectures, up from 4,043 the central government originally asked to close, the education ministry [...]
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Swine Flu Forces More Japan School Closures; Vaccine to Be Made | 20/05/2009
May 20th, 2009 · No Comments
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As Swine Flu Keeps Causing Panic, When Will Mayor Bloomberg Close the Schools?
May 20th, 2009 · No Comments
When will Mayor Bloomberg finally heed the pleas of anxious public school parents and teachers and order wholesale closings of swine flu-afflicted schools?
What will it take for Hizzoner and the Health Department to shutter at least those buildings in the Queens school districts that have become the epicenter of this new epidemic?
At Public School 21 [...]
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Fourteen New Cases Of Swine Flu In UK
May 17th, 2009 · No Comments
The number of cases of swine flu in the UK has passed the 100 mark as 14 more people are diagnosed with the virus.
The Health Protection Agency said six adults and eight children were among the latest cases in London, the south east and the east of England.
Eleven of the latest cases involve patients who [...]
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Swine Flu Cases On The Rise in Japan | 17/05/2009
May 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Swine flu is spreading among high school students in Japan, with the number of confirmed cases now at 44.
Authorities have closed almost 600 schools in an effort to stop the spread of the virus.
Most of the students who have the disease have not recently travelled abroad.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the virus has spread [...]
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