Over 100 swine flu cases now recorded

One hundred and four cases of swine flu have now been detected in the Czech Republic. Nine new cases of the illness were recorded on Friday, the health ministry said. Around ten fresh cases have come to light every day recently and the country’s chief hygiene officer said he expected infection numbers to increase by the hundreds in the coming weeks. Nobody has yet died of swine flu in the Czech Republic and none of the cases detected to date have been regarded as serious.