(March 30) -- An outbreak of H1N1 cases in Georgia and mini-surges in other Southeastern states have federal health officials urging vaccinations and vigilance to thwart the threat of a third wave of the flu.

H1N1 has been largely contained across most of the country. But in Georgia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the number of those sick is higher than it was in October, when the second wave of the flu swept the nation.

In the last week alone, the state has seen 40 hospitalizations. That's more than any other week since last fall.

Specialists with the CDC are already in Georgia, helping state medical officials cope with the outbreak and investigate the virus' resurgence. So far, there's no evidence that the illness has undergone any mutations.

My Note: Little wonder that "Specialists with the CDC are already in Georgia", the CDC is located in Atlanta, GA.

Toward the end of the article there is discussion of concerns for "significant H1N1 activity in Africa, Central America and Asia.

Many of the countries in the Southern Hemisphere are the countries who are least able to handle large outbreaks of disease and who have the least resources," said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's special adviser on pandemic influenza."

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