Number of respiratory infections on the rise

Doctors report a heightened number of respiratory infections after a lull resulting from the school holidays. In Prague the number of infected patients is up by 80 percent, although doctors say it could be higher since not all people who are sick see the doctor. It is also not clear how many of those infections are caused by the dreaded H1N1 virus. Eleven people have died of swine flu in the past week alone, bringing the overall death toll to 67. Laboratories have confirmed over 1,300 cases so far, but only a small percentage of patients are tested for the swine flu virus.