New member resource on Swine Flu

Recognising that Australia has the fifth highest level of confirmed swine flu cases in the world, behind the USA, Mexico, Canada and Chile, and that Victoria has about 80% of those Australian cases, the ADAVB has prepared a 'mashup' of the three main resource sites that members will want to refer to in order to stay up to date with public health advice.

The Swine Flu websites published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, and the Victorian Department of Human Services are all available on one page in the My ADAVB section of the Branch website. Just select Human Swine Flu H1N1 on the My ADAVB menu after logging in.

The WHO map above shows the breakdown of the number of laboratory-confirmed cases by country. According to the WHO, as at 06:00 GMT, 10 June 2009, 74 countries had officially reported 27,737 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 141 deaths.