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Australians on alert as swine flu spreads

Leading Griffith University researcher, Mark von Itzstein, has urged people to remain calm in response to news the deadly swine flu is already on Australia’s doorstep.

 

The new influenza strain, feared to have killed 81 people in Mexico and infected 10 in the US, has "pandemic potential", the World Health Organisation warned on Sunday.

Ten New Zealand students just returned from Mexico have tested positive for influenza A and are believed "likely" to have contracted swine flu, placing it close to Australian shores.

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