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July 24, 2009

WHO: Swine Flu Spreads Around the World
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800 people dead since H1N1 virus emerged in April 
Logo of the World Health Organization at WHO headquarters in Geneva The
World Health Organization said Friday the H1N1 swine flu virus has
spread to almost every country in the world, killing about 800 people,
since it emerged in April. WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl made the comment
to reporters in Geneva. The U.N. agency declared the swine flu virus a
pandemic in June. New cases spiked last week in Britain at 100,000,
nearly twice as many as recorded the week before. Last week, the WHO
stopped asking countries to report swine flu infections, saying it was
almost impossible for countries with major outbreaks to keep track of
them. Health officials in Britain, writing in the medical journal The
Lancet, urged governments Monday to start planning for school closures.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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