Swine flu to hit world's poor harder: WHO

Comment: How many poor people are there in the world? 5 billion! (those who live on less than $10 a day)  

Related: Swine Flu Update -- Shutting down the economy (The link between Peak Oil, biowarfare and demand destruction)

Global health chiefs warned on Friday that swine flu could soon hit much harder in the world's poorest countries and its spread in Asia was in danger of accelerating with the change of season.

As scores more new cases were reported in countries ranging from the United States to Japan , the head of the UN's World Health Organisation said A(H1N1) was proving to be "subtle, sneaky virus."

The Philippines became the 42nd country to a report a case of A(H1N1) and Europe took stringent measures to stop the outbreak in its tracks, including the closure of high schools in Rome and quarantining of soldiers in Spain.


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