Czech Republic sees 15th case of swine flu

15 cases of swine flu have now been registered in the Czech Republic – five new cases on Thursday alone. Officials revealed Czechs had come down with the illness after having returned from the US (and in one case Japan). While all incidents of the disease are being described as mild, it is clear that further cases are inevitable: Great Britain alone, much harder hit, has projected 100,000 new cases per day by the end of the summer. So far the number of swine flu cases in central Europe has been fairly low, only in the dozens, far less than Spain, the UK, and far less, for example, than the US. But the number is rising and will likely continue to go up. On Thursday the number of cases in the Czech Republic jumped by a third, from 10 to 15, although officials have stressed there was no cause for panic. So far, the country has... [read full story]                    

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