Sunday, April 26, 2009

Video: New Zealand Special Report On Swine Flu

 

# 3047

 

 

Overnight here in the States, Channel 3 News out of New Zealand has put together about a 10 minute special broadcast on the Swine Flu scare in that country. 

 

As you probably are aware, a group of 25 students just returned home from Mexico, and of those 18 are reporting flu-like symptoms.  

 

Of those 18, the media is reporting that four are suffering from `relatively serious’ symptoms. 

 

Exactly what that means isn’t immediately clear.  The majority of students are said to be suffering from `mild’ symptoms.

 

Testing is incomplete, but early results are suggestive of possible Swine Flu infection.

 

Some of the details (like the now ruled-out suspect case in London) are already obsolete, but for the most part this is a pretty good report. 

 

It certainly gives the viewer a taste of how other countries are reporting this story.