China owns 2009 swine flu record with 659 death cases

On Monday (January 4), China stated that it had logged down 659 swine flu death cases in 2009, with almost all of them were occurred in the last 2 months of the year. Even until now, China still warned its people about the danger of mass outbreaks that is still occurring in some specific areas.

“The danger of an explosion of outbreaks in some places exists, and the number of fatalities and serious cases will remain at a rather high level,” said Liang Wannian, director of the ministry’s emergency response office.