Thursday, 7 May 2009

Crunching Numbers

Morning all!
Here are some numbers for today...

Mexico - 1112 confirmed cases, 42 deaths
US - 642 confirmed cases, 2 deaths, in 41 states,
UK - 32 confirmed cases, 390 under laboratory investigation, 5 schools closed

The US Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius recommends that schools no longer need to close when a case of swine flu is confirmed in a school. Sick students should be kept at home for 7 days but 'the schools should feel comfortable about opening'

Links to daily updated H1N1 case maps:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/04/27/us/20090427-flu-update-graphic.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8021547.stm

(sources: Secretaria de Salud (Mexico), WHO, CDC and news sites)

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