United Kingdom worried about swine flu outbreak
The United Kingdom is the latest country to respond to the potential for a Mexican swine flu pandemic. While no cases of swine flu symptoms have yet been confirmed in the United Kingdom the government is already trying to calm the public. As the British public watch the cases of swine flu spreading the worry is growing and that cause the British Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, to make a statement to the media.
In this clip, Alan Johnson gives advice on basic precautions to avoid contracting swine flu. He also talks about the stockpile of medication that the British government has been collecting over the years on the chance that a global pandemic would strike.
