Swine Flu Hits Bristol University

bristol | miscellaneous | news report Monday June 22, 2009 15:03 by bolo

8 confirmed cases in Bristol University, reportedly from within the same social group. Some say the University is trying to keep a lid on the story.

As the Swine Flu goes pandemic, it has now arrived in Bristol and at Bristol University.

Over the weekend there were 8 confirmed cases within Bristol University. The Uni is saying on thier website that it is currently just one; "On 17 June it was confirmed by the Health Protection Agency that one University of Bristol student had contracted swine flu. On 18 June a further seven cases were confirmed and by 22 June the total number of confirmed cases had risen to 12. Some of the students who have been infected are now symptom-free; others are receiving treatment and recovering in isolation at their private addresses in Bristol."

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After holding an emergency meeting, the World Health Organisation (WHO) officially declared a worldwide swine flu pandemic on Thursday. The agency increased its pandemic alert level to the sixth level, its highest.

"On the basis of available evidence, and these expert assessments of the evidence, the scientific criteria for an influenza pandemic have been met. I have therefore decided to raise the level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 5 to phase 6," said the the WHO's director Margaret Chan in a press conference earlier today.

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