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| The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the UK has reached 909, Health Secretary Andy Burnham has said. | The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the UK has reached 909, Health Secretary Andy Burnham has said. |
| In a statement to the Commons, Mr Burnham said 28 people had been admitted to hospital and that most of those had made a full recovery. | In a statement to the Commons, Mr Burnham said 28 people had been admitted to hospital and that most of those had made a full recovery. |
| He said the UK had enough anti-viral drugs for 50% of the population and planned to raise that figure to 80%. | He said the UK had enough anti-viral drugs for 50% of the population and planned to raise that figure to 80%. |
| People should not change their day to day behaviour and follow hand hygiene guidelines, Mr Burnham added. | People should not change their day to day behaviour and follow hand hygiene guidelines, Mr Burnham added. |
| Ministers have urged the public not to panic after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic following a sharp increase in the number of cases in Australia. | |
| Mr Burnham said there had been "significant increases" in the daily number of cases in certain parts of the UK, particularly Scotland. | |
| Global effort | |
| But he said the rise came as "no surprise" and was in line with what ministers knew about similar outbreaks. | |
| He said it was vital that the global community worked together and stated that the government had set aside a further £6m to help the international response | |
| Mr Burnham said that at some point the focus would need to move from limiting the spread of a localised virus, to "mitigating the effects of a widespread virus". | |
| He said: "That point has not been reached yet." | |
| Pandemic status means the infection is spreading in at least two regions of the world. | |
| While the virus originated in Mexico in April, it has since spread to 74 countries, infected nearly 30,000 people and caused 141 deaths. |