Myanmar Requests WHO Assistance In Addressing Swine Flu Outbreak; At Least 6 Dead, 30 Infected

Agence France-Presse: Myanmar seeks WHO help with deadly swine flu outbreak
“Myanmar health authorities have asked the U.N.’s health agency for help to combat a deadly outbreak of swine flu that has sparked alarm in the commercial capital. At least six people have died and 30 more have been infected over the past week, most of them in the country’s biggest city Yangon, a senior health ministry official said Thursday…” (7/27).

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