Cape Town - A Johannesburg laboratory has isolated its first case of H1N1 (swine flu) for this season, but has said that it should not result in a high number of fatalities.
"It will probably not be a problem, but I know the whole world was up in arms about swine flu," Toga Laboratories operational lab manger Carlo Vos told News24.
He said that the international panic about swine flu was irrational.
"They overdid it because swine flu isn't really a problem, the normal flu, you know you get the same problems with normal flu as well. But it's the media that took it out of proportion."
According to Toga lab, the strain is identical to the previous outbreak, but Vos was concerned that it was found so early in the season.
"It will probably not be a problem, but I know the whole world was up in arms about swine flu," Toga Laboratories operational lab manger Carlo Vos told News24.
He said that the international panic about swine flu was irrational.
"They overdid it because swine flu isn't really a problem, the normal flu, you know you get the same problems with normal flu as well. But it's the media that took it out of proportion."
According to Toga lab, the strain is identical to the previous outbreak, but Vos was concerned that it was found so early in the season.
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