“Swine flu” getting closer…
…and too close to home, too: Three cases have been confirmed in Gharb (see Times report here)! It seems they are the first cases in Malta that were not “souvenirs” from a holiday abroad – or due to contact with family/friends who returned infected – but transmitted locally. If I think of the crowds at the festa over the past weekend, I think it’s reasonable to assume that within days a much larger number of infections will materialise!
No, I’m not exactly panicked, I do realise that the mortality is extemely low. But the thought of having to fight a fever in this kind of weather (33-34°C / 92°F) is making me sort of queezy!
