Flu Fears

" The H1N1 virus closing down hundreds of schools. In Iraq the country has about 500 confirmed cases of the virus and the Iraqi Government says most of the cases. -- US military bases Melanie Wilkes life force from Baghdad. Melanie just how big -- problem is this."

" Well it is roughly 500 cases confirmed nationwide in fourteen of eighteen provinces. Causing schools and more than 2000 schools to close mainly into southeastern. Provinces where it's become particularly a scare IndyCar province. They're shutting schools for ten days of just two confirmed cases. And in now wasn't province classes are canceled for five days with 31 cases of H1N1 confirmed. And about and just a handful of schools maybe six or twelve Clinton's tearing Baghdad Harris."

" All right and as I said in my introduction -- A lot of this is happening on US military bases so my next question is is the Iraq government leave. Leaving it to the US military to deal left."

" Well the first along the southeast part of the country where they've closed the schools they say it's as a precautionary measure. And there is a lot of misinformation going around here rumors has grabbed the headlines they say that sat. This is because pigs are unclean -- get it from eating pork. That it can kill you and that we know that it doesn't -- healthy people. Sarah doesn't relatively. Low rates as they say that's on the health ministry web site. That although this 500 confirmed cases are so that more than 85% of those. Are on US military bases and there is a perception that the US military is spreading it here in Iraq. I talked to the US military. Asking them -- you know to confirm numbers that the bases across Iraq they have not yet responded but I didn't contact one spokesperson. At a nature based in south -- Iraq and on that basis roughly thirteen thousand people he says at any given time they have a couple of dozen people. In quarantine for flu like symptoms late late. But they will not confirm any H1N1 cases and he says they do expect the swine flu. Vaccines -- right there in about two weeks Harris all right Melanie will."