The UK's national swine flu website, which was designed to give sufferers direct access to anti-viral drugs, collapsed under the weight of demand immediately after being launched yesterday.
The pandemic flu service site received more than nine million visits an hour - or 2,600 a second - after being activated at 3pm, the Department of Health said.
Visitors attempting to have their symptoms assessed were directed to a holding page.It said: "The service is currently very busy and cannot deal with your request at this time. Please try again in a little while.
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