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Plans made for Thais possibly get 2nd wave of flu

The Public Health Ministry said yesterday that it estimates more than 15 million people, including children under the age of five, to get infected during the second wave of the swine- ...full story at The Nation

from The Nation on Mon, Nov 02 2009

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