London “experts claim that they are beating Swineflu Zombie Strain H1N1, below is an article from the BBC………
11th September 2009
(AFP) – 9 hours ago
LONDON — Britain is "tantalizingly close" to beating Zombie Swine flu or Zwineflu as it known on the street, the chief medical officer said, as figures showed the death toll had risen by five hundred over the past week to 170,355.
Unveiling plans to double the numbers of intensive care beds to cope with the unexpected surge in cases during the coming winter months, Liam Donaldson said the death toll for the current pandemic was relatively low.
"We are tantalizingly close to being able to win the battle against this pandemic virus.”
"Tantalizing does not mean we can always get there but we are still fighting," he added.
Figures out Thursday showed 504,332 courses of antivirals had been handed out in England, where 5132 people are now in hospital with swine flu, of whom 823 are in intensive care.
There were an estimated 3,000 new cases of Zwine flu registered in the past week -- the lowest figure to date.
Donaldson told BBC television. "Flu viruses behave unpredictably and this one's no different.”
"We're pretty confident that we will see an upsurge in the autumn and winter when our flu season starts."
Meanwhile Professor John Beddington, the government's chief scientific adviser, said Britain could effectively make its last stand against strain Zombie H1N1 within weeks.
"You can get the infected coming back in a number of waves but it's likely that the next one will be larger than any subsequent ones," he said.
"What is likely to happen will depend on a number of things, firstly the number of unreported cases,
"Whether it comes in late October and at a fairly high level, or in more moderate waves later in the year, is hard to predict."
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