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The Greek government has promised that 24 million vaccines are due to arrive in the country by mid-September and that the entire population will be inoculated for free
Over seven days, more that 210 people had contracted swine flu, taking the total number of confirmed cases in Greece to 730.
The boys, aged five and eight, had returned from the United Kingdom. They were hospitalised in Varna, and, reportedly, are not in immediate danger.
Of all European countries, the hardest hit is the United Kingdom with over 100 000 infected. And with constant travel between the UK and Bulgaria, it is only logical to anticipate that there will be a severe escalation of infected people in this country, in spite of the optimistic medical reassurances.
According to Russian health secretary Gennadiy Anishchenko, there is no immediate threat of pandemic, and the situation is under control.
All of the affected are college students who had returned from a holiday in Spain. So far, there are 26 confirmed cases in Croatia, most of which have been treated successfully, officials have said.
More cases in Bulgaria as new surveillance equipment arrives from the US. Meanwhile, the Greek government confirms more than 100 cases of people affected by the H1N1 strain.
Football is the only thing that divides the United Kingdom and Bulgaria, prime ministers Gordon Brown and Boiko Borissov agreed at their meeting in London.
The 27-member College of Commissioners to take office after three months of delays and dramas.
WCC commends G7 relief of Haiti's debt, asks IMF to follow suit.
Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov says the funds will finance three education projects on the earthquake-devastated island.
The chances that Bulgarians or Romanians can work without a work permit in Dutch agriculture this year are almost non-existent, Dutch media concluded.
I will be grateful if you answer the following questions:
i) Why h1n1 is considered an emergency if it killed approx. 2200 worldwide while seasonal flu kills approx half a million?. Being pandemic is only a measure of its geographical extension not its severity.
ii) How can a vaccine be safe if it has been developed in less than a year? What about side effects which may take years to appear?
iii) If reassortment or genetic drift occurred between h1n1 and another flu say h5n1 will these vaccines be effective?
iv) Is there an explanation why this disease affects the ages 25-45 and not the standard young or old ages??
People should NOT take this swine flu vaccine. Studies and history have shown it is more dangerous than the actual swine flu itself.
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