England's chief medical officer: the number of cases in London is approaching epidemic levels, public transport will be disrupted.

SHOOT: But don't worry, don't panic, it's just like ordinary flu. It's called a 'pandemic' for some strange reason, but there's really nothing to worry about. Really.

The World Health Organization has already expressed concern over the progression of swine flu in indigenous groups.

In a speech on global health needs this week, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said: "I firmly believe that this pandemic will reveal, in a highly visible, measurable, and tragic way, exactly what it means, in life-and-death terms, when health needs and health systems have been neglected, for decades, in large parts of the world."

SHOOT: Meanwhile South Africa confidently predicts that ahead of the 2010 soccer world cup, they can handle something as trifling, as silly, as stuff and nonsense as one little global pandemic.

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk A UK swine flu epidemic could severely disrupt transport in London, a business group and union have warned. If 40% of the UK population contract it, as the government estimates, there will be "considerable" travel problems, the Business Continuity Institute says. England's chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson said the number of cases in London is approaching epidemic levels. Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) general secretary Bob Crow said transport workers are at greater risk of contracting swine flu as they tend to work in close contact with the public. "London is expected to be hardest hit and it would be a dangerous gamble to try to run services without adequate staffing levels." But Mr Crow said this was "dangerous nonsense" that was "miles out of touch with the safety implications of running services with inadequate staffing levels".