Swine Flu Thousand Cases
Sulumits Retsambew : second quarter of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus is a new strain of influenza virus commonly identified as confirmed cases of swine flu has exceeded 6,000 people, such as Belgium became the latest country European to be affected by influenza A (H1N1) virus. World Health Organization (WHO) said that the number of cases of influenza A (H1N1) was around 6,000 to nearly 7,000 in over 30 countries with over 60 people died of the disease.
Cases were first discovered in the United States and officials quickly suspected a link between these incidents and an earlier outbreak of flu season in Mexico. Within a week hundreds of suspected cases, some are serious, have been discovered in Mexico. Shortly thereafter, the WHO in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has expressed its concern that the A (H1N1) in the world can become a pandemic influenza, WHO has increased its level Alert pandemic disease, “Phase 5″ of six maximum, as a sign that the pandemic is about to arrive on the level. ”
More than three thousand cases of infections, three deaths were recorded the highest number of A (H1N1) in the United States compared to Mexico, where just over two thousand cases of infection, including 60 deaths were confirmed. WHO says 389 people were confirmed also by the virus – and one person died – in Canada, which becomes 19 years of Chinese career that brings China into a margin. Two other cases were confirmed in Hong Kong. Authorities said six people were in quarantine, who went to the second case, a 24-year flight from San Francisco. In addition, 45 people who sat near him on his trip and left Hong Kong, they said.
China, meanwhile, intensified the search for people who came into contact with the mainland of the two patients confirmed the swine flu. A 30-year-old man was confirmed that the virus in the southwestern city of Chengdu. Were in the United States before his return to China. Air (Air Canada flight to Beijing) and train (for the Shandong province, with 20 people on board), a passenger with a 5-meter in contact with a 19-year-old student (his family name Lu is second victim confirmed) are harassed by Chinese authorities in Beijing and the eastern province of Shandong.
He was not feeling well, a couple of days after arriving in Beijing, but continue to travel by train, with fever, sore throat and headache. It is believed that the virus is in Hong Kong and China could be a mixture of bird and human influenza, which met in pigs.
Belgium has confirmed its first case of swine influenza in a 28-year-old, who was also in the United States. Jose Angel Cordova (Minister of Health of Mexico) moved to reassure tourists, saying the country of beaches and resorts – a major source of foreign income – are safe for visitors. “There is no risk for tourists,” he said, noting that most cases of flu detected in areas such as Cancun and Acapulco holiday goes back almost two weeks.
The swine flu epidemic is the cost of Mexico’s economy more than $ 2 billion – about 0.3 percent of gross domestic product.
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