May 8th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Ministers say the threat of swine flu remains serious
The first genetic code of swine flu from European samples has been unravelled by UK researchers.
The Health Protection Agency has also announced it has now shared isolates of the UK virus with scientists working on a vaccine against the strain.
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