SA health department prepares to tackle swine flu outbreak

South Africa is at present facing the outbreak of H1N1flu virus, popularly known as swine flu, but the Department of Health has claimed that the situation was under control. As per the department, the infection arrives in this season every year.

21 Jun 2011

A report revealed that 15 people have died due to the infection. According to Fidel Hadebe, Spokesperson of the Department of Health, they had vaccines which could fight the influenza since 2009 when the world was struck with the outbreak of swine flu and was trying to fight it. Read on.

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