More countries confirm swine flu

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Deadly swine flu virus new cases were confirmed also far that the New Zealand and Israel, as UN warns that it cannot be contained. The US, Canada, Spain and United Kingdom confirmed case earlier, but no deaths were reported outside Mexico, where the virus has been reported first. Mexico raised the number of probable death at 152 with 1,614 patients suspected under observation. The United Nations inspectors are to examine reports that pig farms propagate the virus. Health Agency of the United Nations, who said that influenza was divided between human beings, but did not recommend travel or border closures restrictions. Spokesperson WHO Gregory Hartl said that the outbreak of swine influenza is a ‘ turning ' health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, said that it saw not "any dot restrict travel". WHO spokesperson Gregory Hartl confirmed that work was underway to produce a vaccine, but it would be typically five to six months before it became available on the market. Specialists health virus comes from the same number sequence causing seasonal outbreaks in humans, but also contains the genetic material of flu versions usually affecting pigs and birds. Students infected in New Zealand, Health Minister Tony Ryall stated at least three students who had travelled to Mexico have been suffering swine influenza. Israeli health officials confirmed Tuesday that the country had two people infected with the virus. Two patients had been recently in Mexico. Fifty cases were confirmed in United States and six in Canada. Two cases of swine influenza have been confirmed in the UK and two in Spain. The EU health Commissioner said Tuesday that patients were also under observation in Denmark, Sweden, Greece, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and the Republic of Ireland. Tests are conducted on individuals or groups in Brazil, Guatemala, Peru, in Australia and South Korea. A number of countries in Asia, Latin America and Europe have begun to airport for symptoms of screening passengers, while Germany the largest tour operator has paused to travel in Mexico. Firm pork theory A team of the United Nations and agriculture organization Food is due to leave Rome to Mexico, on Tuesday. Its Chief Veterinary Officer Joseph Domenech said BBC rumours that people had been some intensive pig farms fall ill last month nearly meant that FAO should act. WHO has raised its level of alert four or two steps short of a comprehensive pandemic. Alert four level means that virus demonstrates a sustained ability to pass on humans and is capable of causing outbreaks of community level. Assistant who head Keiji Fukuda said that this was "an important step to pandemic influenza" but a pandemic should be considered inevitable step. "With the virus is widespread... border closing or restrict travel really has little effects stop the movement of this virus", he added. WHO spokesperson Dick Thompson told the BBC that it has been encouraging countries to begin intensive monitoring possible systems and to pass information to the organization. "It helps you identify where the virus is, that she, that the source that the virus could be and what type of disease produces,", he said. "If this is brought in to who... it will provide a better idea on the dynamism of this virus." ‘ Refuse Mexico ' case, swine influenza has been confirmed in 152 known death 20. Minister of Health Jose Angel Cordoba said all those who had died aged 20 to 50. Infections among young healthy adult is a characteristic of pandemias past. He noted that the number of new cases reported by Mexico more large public hospitals had decreased during the last three days: 141 119 Saturday Sunday and 110 Monday. In almost all cases of swine influenza outside of Mexico, people were only sick moderation and made a full recovery. Source: BBC News