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UK braces for up to 100,000 flu cases every day

Britain is bracing itself for 100,000 new cases of swine flu a day in the next month as the UK Health Secretary put the NHS and general public on alert for the first flu pandemic of the 21st century.

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Torcuil Crichton and Robbie Dinwoodie

Britain is bracing itself for 100,000 new cases of swine flu a day in the next month as the UK Health Secretary put the NHS and general public on alert for the first flu pandemic of the 21st century.