TORONTO (AP) — Nova Scotia's chief public health officer says the east coast Canadian province has four confirmed cases of swine flu. " w! B0 ` ~, T4 R. d. w8 U1 h8 ~* K! b$ _8 |5 l a1 q4 U5 R
Chief Public Health officer Dr. Robert Strang says Sunday four students from King's-Edgehill School in Nova Scotia ranging in age from 12 to 17 or 18 are recovering. All of them had what he describes as "very mild" cases of the flu. 7 a9 |! n) @, n: j+ Z7 f! @7 {$ J9 X; q& B
Canadian officials are planning a briefing today in Ottawa on the swine flu situation, which the World Health Organization has declared to be a "public health emergency of international concern." ' \1 [" L. s- Y 5 ~; ]! Q7 {* R$ v* |: F$ DMexico's health minister says the disease has killed up to 86 people and likely sickened more than 1,400 since April 13. m1 {/ t8 ]& Y' o8 @ : k4 y; d; z" x% g[ 本帖最后由 billzhao 于 2009-4-26 12:29 编辑 ]
Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that regularly cause outbreaks of influenza among pigs. Swine flu viruses do not normally infect humans, however, human infections with swine flu do occur, and cases of human-to-human spread of swine flu viruses has been documented.