Via The Australian: Victoria hardest hit by Swine flu. Excerpt:
Swine flu is now in every state and territory with the Northern Territory recording its first case.
The national tally climbed to 255 overnight, 47 more cases than at the same time yesterday. In Victoria, which has been hardest hit by the virus, there are 173 confirmed cases.
There is growing pressure to upgrade the pandemic alert from the “contain” phase to the “sustain” phase with the results of another 262 tests in that state still pending.
One of the Federal Government’s top flu advisers, Professor Raina MacIntyre called on health authorities in Victoria to close all schools and childcare centres in a bid to slow the spread of the virus. There are ten schools closed.
The Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon has resisted this call so far but said this morning the time would come when it became impossible to keep quarantining people.
There are presently more than 3000 people in voluntary home quarantine.
