Swine flu infection rate peaks at 4%

ABOUT 4% of the population have been infected with swine flu, the country’s public health watchdog has confirmed. And it looks as if the initial wave of the pandemic has peaked, the Health Protection Surveillance Centres said.

It also believed a second wave was less likely as more people are vaccinated.

HPSC director Dr Darina O’Flanagan said an estimated 17,000 people contracted the virus in the past week.