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EU ministers to hold swine flu talks October 12

02 September 2009, 23:32 CET
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(BRUSSELS) - European health ministers will hold an extraordinary meeting on October 12 to discuss the spread of swine flu, Swedish Health Minister Maria Larsson said Wednesday.

Sweden, which holds the 27-nation EU's rotating presidency until the end of the year, wants the ministers to look at access to vaccines for the A(H1N1) virus and ways to help some European nations get them.

More than 2,180 people around the world have died from the virus since it emerged in April, according to the World Health Organisation, with an estimated 210,000 people infected in 177 countries.

The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Europe stands at over 46,000.

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