Pig flu

[Jerome]

There is only 2 people in uk have it 40 MAY have it May.

You should have done your research.

Three new confirmed cases of swine flu have been diagnosed in the UK, bringing the total number to eight, the Department of Health has said.

Two of the cases are in London and one in Newcastle. All are said to be responding well to treatment.

Earlier, the government's chief medical adviser warned Britain will see "many, many more cases" of swine flu, although he said most people would recover.

In total, 230 possible flu cases are being investigated in the UK.

The figures include 27 "possible" and one "probable" case in Scotland, according to Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon.

We are trying to contain it at that level, and we are still succeeding with that. But it is very important that we prepare for that next phase.
Health Secretary Alan Johnson

She said one patient waiting to hear whether he has swine flu had been in contact with a Falkirk couple who brought the virus back from Mexico.

Ms Sturgeon said: "If this case was confirmed it would be the first case in Scotland of onward transmission, but I stress it's not confirmed at this stage."

There are so far no confirmed swine flu cases in Wales, although 19 people have been tested for the virus.

Six people in Northern Ireland have also been given anti-viral drugs as a precaution, but none of them has tested positive either.

But on Thursday, Irish health chiefs said one man had tested positive for swine flu - the Republic's first.

Despite advice from the World Health Organization that governments should activate their pandemic contingency plans, UK health experts continued to play down the effects of the virus.

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Chief medical adviser Sir Liam Donaldson told the BBC the UK was well prepared for the spread of swine flu and that he was "concerned, but not alarmed" about the situation.
UK flu map

He said: "What we will see is many, many more cases, and inevitably some serious cases - but on the whole people make a good recovery from flu."

It was impossible to predict how many deaths there could be in the UK until more was known about the strain of the swine flu virus, he said.