CDC: Flu activity picks up pace, hits summer camps

Jun 26, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – An official from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that the nation just saw its largest weekly increase in cases since the beginning of the novel flu outbreak and that the virus has so far been detected at 34 summer camps in 16 states.

Anne Schuchat, MD, interim deputy director for the CDC's science and public health program, told reporters, "The key point is that this new infectious disease is not going away." Of the nearly 28,000 cases that have been confirmed in the United States, more than 6,000 were reported over the past week, according to the weekly update the CDC issued today. reference: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/jun2609influenza-jw.html