Swine flu kills 166 in Europe this week

The number of H1N1 swine flu deaths in Europe has doubled almost every two weeks since the middle of October and 166 people died of the virus in the past week, disease surveillance experts said on Monday. At least 667 deaths have been reported in Europe from H1N1 flu since April and all 31 European Union and European free trade area (EFTA) countries now have cases of the virus. At least 180 patients of swine flu were reported to be kept in emergency in Britain.