100,000 Swine Flu cases a day by August

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The Health Secretary says the Government expects 100,000 new cases of swine flu to be diagnosed each day by the end of August.


Tamiflu currently is being used to treat the outbreak


Andy Burnham told MPs that the figure was "a projection" but added that scientists expected a "rapid rise" in cases over the summer.
"Cases are doubling every week and on this trend we could see over 100,000 cases per day by the end of August," he said.
Mr Burnham confirmed there were now 7,447 confirmed cases of swine flu in the UK and a significant number of people had been hospitalised.
In a statement to the House of Commons, Mr Burnham said the Government had signed contracts for enough flu vaccines to cover the entire population, with 60 million doses available by the end of the year.
Mr Burnham also said the UK would move to a "treatment phase" with immediate effect meaning GPs will diagnose cases, rather than waiting for laboratory tests.
Antivirals will be offered to all who have contracted the illness with higher risk patients given priority, he said.
However, he did warn that overusing the drugs could create a drug-resistant strain of the virus.
The virus has hit a number of high-profile events in recent days including the Glastonbury music festival and the Wimbledon tennis tournament from which 28 staff members have been sent home with suspected cases.
Four people in the UK have died from swine flu but each had underlying health problems.

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Aren't they/weren't they stating the obvious? Schools close for holidays, children running rampant mixing with anyone and anybody... It seemed kinda obvious :/ Not really fussed still, no-one healthy has died and the rumours a certain forum member made up are all nulled now, like certain age groups are healthier than some.

Also, have they deducted the number of people who have caught it and lost it? Because I'm sceptical. They didn't near the beginning, they seemed to of counted the number of people who caught it, rather than the number of people who currently have it (meaning, in real time - not caught it and lost it within days/weeks of getting it).