"The Stockholm-based European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said 670 deaths have been reported in Europe from H1N1 flu since they began monitoring it in April and all 31 European Union and European free trade area (EFTA) countries now have cases of the virus. The ECDC reported 'very high intensity' of flu-like illness in the past week in Italy, Norway and Sweden and said intensity was 'high' in Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland and Portugal," according to the news service (Kelland, 11/23).

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