The BBC reported that a study led by Donaldson found that the death rate of people infected with influenza A virus was only 0.026%. However, Donaldson said that this discovery is based on the study of cases that died before 1 1 month, which does not mean that the vaccination action taken by Britain now is unnecessary. He pointed out that two-thirds of the deaths are now eligible for vaccination.
The magazine's report also shows that the number of new swine flu cases in Britain continues to decline. Last week, there were 1. 1 10,000 new cases in England, only half of the previous week; The number of new cases in Scotland dropped from 12300 to 8900. Northern Ireland and Wales remain at a very low level. The number of people who died of swine flu in Britain remained at 283.
Donaldson said that the low mortality rate is lucky. It seems that the mortality rate of the first epidemic in 2 1 century is much lower than people feared. But he still urged people to get vaccinated. So far, only 2.3 million of the 9 million people eligible for vaccination in Britain have been vaccinated.