Swine Flu Death Toll 'Could Hit 65,000'

The ScotsmanJuly 17, 2009

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Government revises figures on pandemic as infection rates increase and fatalities hit 29

UP TO 65,000 people in Britain could die as a result of swine flu as the pandemic takes hold across the country, according to the government's latest calculations.

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Swine Flu Death Toll 'Could Hit 65,000'

On the day a further 12 people were confirmed to have died after contracting the H1N1 virus, officials said they had revised their predictions upwards to take account of the increasing infection rate.

Sir Liam Donaldson, the UK government's chief medical officer, said the scenario of 65,000 deaths was based on 30 ...

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