Via the Jordan Times: Swine flu total rises past 400. Excerpt:
The Ministry of Health registered 72 new H1N1 (swine) flu cases over the past week, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Kingdom to 405.
Sixty-five of the new cases are Jordanian, 30 of whom are students, while the rest are foreigners, according to the Health Ministry's weekly report, received by The Jordan Times on Wednesday.
A total of 157 students from 74 public and private schools and 10 nurseries have been diagnosed with the disease since the beginning of the scholastic year in early September, the report stated.
The majority of the new cases are being treated at Prince Hamzah Hospital, while one patient was admitted to the University of Jordan Hospital and another to the King Hussein Cancer Centre, it added.
Meanwhile, Director of the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) Mohammad Rawashdeh said the department is following up with pharmacies across the Kingdom to ensure they do not sell seasonal influenza vaccines as swine flu vaccines.
Rawashdeh stressed that there are no pharmacies doing so at present.
Earlier this month, the JFDA issued a circular warning the public against pharmacies and companies that claim to sell swine flu vaccines.
