Paragon Posted April 26, 2009 A deadly new strain of flu that has killed more than 80 people in Mexico is spreading across the globe. The new flu strain, a mixture of swine, bird and human viruses, poses the biggest risk of a large-scale pandemic since avian flu surfaced in 1997, killing several hundred people. Governments around the world have imposed health checks at airports as the disease killed up to 81 people in Mexico and infected dozens in the US. Eleven cases were confirmed in California, Kansas and Texas, and eight schoolchildren in New York City caught a type A influenza virus that health officials say is likely to be the swine flu. In New Zealand, ten pupils from an Auckland school party that had returned from Mexico were being treated for influenza symptoms in what health authorities said was probably another outbreak of the virus. Three people in Spain and two in France are being tested for the disease after they arrived from Mexico with flu symptoms. Tests on a BA cabin crew member taken to a London hospital with flu-like symptoms showed he does not have swine flu. Countries across Asia, which have grappled with H5N1 bird flu and Sars in recent years, snapped into action. At airports and other border checkpoints in Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan, officials screened travellers for symptoms. Russia imposed curbs on meat imports from Mexico, some US states and the Caribbean, and the United Arab Emirates said it was considering similar action. Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said the swine flu has killed as many as 81 people in Mexico, and more than 1,300 people were being tested for suspected infection. Most of the dead are aged 25 to 45, a worrying sign because a hallmark of past pandemics has been high fatalities among healthy young adults. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the flu a "public health event of international concern." International experts will convene on Tuesday to advise the WHO whether to raise the pandemic alert level, which currently stands at three on a level of one to six. http://news.uk.msn.c om/world/article.asp x?cp-documentid=1637 7566 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOB Posted April 26, 2009 You're scaring me here Mjomba...niaje? nikona flu moja noma sana sasa. Peace, Love & Unity. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paragon Posted April 26, 2009 ^Lol. Don't be scared bro. I am sure it's just riiraxyo you are suffering from. Niko sawa mjomba, vipi wewe? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paragon Posted April 26, 2009 Two in hospital in swine flu alert Sunday, April 26 06:05 pm Print Story Two people have been admitted to a Scottish hospital after returning from Mexico with flu-like symptoms, Scotland's health secretary said. Skip related content Related photos / videos Police officers wearing surgical masks close down the National Museum of Anthropology in … Nicola Sturgeon said the pair - who went to Scotland on April 21 - had not been in an area affected by recent outbreaks of swine influenza. She said: "The patients have displayed mild flu-like symptoms and their current condition is not causing concern." The announcement came as the UK was on alert to look for unusual flu cases after a deadly outbreak. More than 80 people have died of pneumonia in Mexico after contracting a flu-like virus and many others - including children in a New York school - have fallen ill in the US and Mexico. Ms Sturgeon, who is also deputy First Minister of Scotland, said "19 or 20" people in Scotland who had come in contact with the two people now in hospital had been traced. She stressed that the pair were not very ill but were in isolation at Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Ms Sturgeon said: "The Scottish government in conjunction with other administrations in the UK, are closely monitoring the situation and assessing the implications, if any, of this situation for Scotland. "The situation is also being monitored closely and assessed by the international organisations dealing with the prevention and control of infectious diseases." She said Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond convened a meeting of ministers and officials and that she had spoken to UK Health Secretary Alan Johnson about the development. http://uk.news.yahoo .com/21/20090426/tuk -two-in-hospital-in- swine-flu-alert-6323 e80.html?printer=1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paragon Posted April 26, 2009 Conspiracies abound, aready! Hmmm! http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=Ki_bmxU3C MM http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=Ewt0g_HPR us Where on earth does this guy live? Lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
