Canada confirms 4 swine flu 猪流感 cases among students

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TORONTO (AP) — Nova Scotia's chief public health officer says the east coast Canadian province has four confirmed cases of swine flu.
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' q) N- Q& O8 y& [: I, t& w% t# ZChief 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.
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2 I  E5 `1 D6 h0 _9 I+ }- G, iCanadian 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."
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Mexico's health minister says the disease has killed up to 86 people and likely sickened more than 1,400 since April 13.

[ 本帖最后由 billzhao 于 2009-4-26 12:29 编辑 ]

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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.

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中新网4月26日电 据法新社26日最新消息，墨西哥卫生部长称，可能已有81人死于猪流感，其中20人已被证实。此外，美国堪萨斯州证实又有两人死于猪流感，这使得美国因该病死亡的人数升至10人。

2 R, c! V+ ?) k4 P9 \# P  u8 b早先报道称，墨西哥和美国近日惊传猪流感，其中墨国的形势渐趋紧张，首都墨西哥城实行25年来最彻底的“封城”行动，前日已关闭市内学校、博物馆、图书馆、电影院，民众恐慌性抢购口罩，又赶到医院和诊所，希望打防流感的疫苗。

# Z3 [1 {- T1 p' N3 o$ w3 c5 z9 `墨西哥城市政府卫生当局表示，已准备启动大型的疫苗注射行动，为尚未注射疫苗的市民，注射防止一般冬季流感的疫苗。政府说有50万剂疫苗，预备替医疗工作人员注射，但市区人口有2000万，部分地方供应短缺。
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8 t6 y0 c/ T, r8 ^$ [3 C中国驻墨西哥大使馆周五在网站公布24小时流感应急电话，并告知当地华侨、华人、中资机构人员和留学生等如有需要，可拨打此电话。但当地华人说居民仍如常出外，只是较多人戴口罩。
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世卫发言人亚伯拉罕表示，猪流感似乎已经人传人，对此“非常、非常关注”，组织专家将开会讨论疫情。

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billzhao

没事，猪流感病毒跑到加拿大也会被冻死。
! R8 _! e! Y0 Z6 Y" T* @昨天和一个农场主聊天，他说他家的水果蔬菜都是organic, 不施化肥，不施农药。我说那虫子不把树给啃光了。他说，这边天冷，把虫子们都冻死了。
4 _' t/ U7 O- [( k希望病毒也怕冷