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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Official: Mexican Swine Flu Pandemic

A pandemic is defined as a situation when a disease is found to spread through human contact independently in two or more continents. On the 11 June 2009 the WHO granted this status to the Mexican swine flu, the first time in 41 years. Although most cases are not serious there have been fatalities, particularly in North America and the worry is that the disease could develop into a more aggressive variant.

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