1.   He contracted Spanish flu, which almost killed him.

2.   THE HIGH were forced to cancel dates last week at Manchester Hacienda, Kent University and Portsmouth Polytechnic after singer John Matthews contracted flu and was unable to sing.

3.   And even if they contract flu, their symptoms should be lessened.

4.   There had been speculation that Yeltsin had contracted the flu, which is reaching epidemic proportions across Russia.

5.   Alan Schnur, a WHO technical officer in Beijing, said he had not heard of anyone contracting bird flu on the mainland.

6.   Dr Daniel Lavanchy, the head of the influenza program for the World Health Organisation, said people could contract bird flu from diseased chickens in markets.

7.   Eighteen people contracted bird flu.

8.   Health authorities said it was unclear how she contracted the bird flu.

9.   People who contract bird flu exhibit symptoms much like any other flu.

10.   So far this winter the number of people contracting the flu is almost double over the total for all of last winter, the report said.