Avian/Swine Flu Update! - April 23, 2009

The World Health Organization expressed "heightened concern" on Friday over more than 800 "influenza-like" cases reported in Mexico, after seven cases of a severe respiratory illness were confirmed in two U.S. border states.

WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told CBC News on Friday that health officials are dealing with three separate events in Mexico, with most of the 828 cases in and around the capital, Mexico City.

At least 24 cases have been reported in the central region, while four have been reported in the north. The mystery illness has led to at least 20 deaths in the country.

Most of the cases have occurred in healthy young adults, Hartl said.

"Because these cases are not happening in the very old or the very young, which is normal with seasonal influenza, this is an unusual event and a cause for heightened concern," Hartl said in an interview from WHO headquarters in Geneva.

It is also rare to see such high flu activity so late in the season, he said.

"The end of April, especially in a place like Mexico, you would think that we would see quite a steep decline," said Hartl.
All classes cancelled in Mexico City

A Mexican Health Ministry statement issued on Thursday afternoon said the country "was in the presence of a new influenza virus that constitutes a respiratory epidemic which is controllable, so far."

But laboratory tests on the 828 Mexican cases have yet to confirm the patients are suffering from influenza, or what strain it might be, Hartl said.

The Mexican government ordered that all classes in Mexico City and the surrounding state be cancelled on Friday, from pre-schools to universities. It also has warned the public to avoid gathering places and major events.

On Thursday, Canadian health officials issued a travel advisory warning travellers who have recently returned from Mexico to be on alert for flu-like symptoms that could be connected to the illness.

In the U.S., health officials were scrambling this week to deal with a new strain of swine flu, which has been diagnosed in seven people in Texas and California.

The states share a border with Mexico not far from a town where two deaths were reported.

The U.S. cases are unusual, because it appears none of the patients had contact with pigs, and the virus is one that health officials have never seen before.

No cases of this swine flu have been found in Canada.
Samples positive for influenza A and B

The cause of the illness has not been confirmed. Mexican health officials said samples so far have tested positive for influenza A and B.

People infected with the virus initially suffer flu-like symptoms that include: * Fever. * Cough. * Sore throat. * Muscle and joint pain. * Shortness of breath.

The illness may elevate to a severe respiratory illness within about five days.

In Canada, the travel advisory includes the same advice given to all travellers: Get a flu shot and take precautions such as covering coughs and staying home when sick. But it also adds locations in Mexico where cases of a severe respiratory illness have occurred.

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[Devildog2132]

and btw i live in california and like2 or 3 days ago i kinda got sick :( i dont think its serious cuz i dont feel like...up to the point where i cant walk or do anything but does anyone know what the symptoms would be? im not too sure...cuz right now i have a cough with a lil bit of mucus and a runny nose...does that sound anything like the swine flu?

[FarFromDanK]

you know whats weird... thats the same effects that a buncha my friends and myself had a couple weeks ago before anything related to the swine flu emerged in the public.. and now deaths emerging from these same symptoms happen in mexico...very strange

[FarFromDanK]

deagla to reply to your comment, im with you, be prepared for anything, staged alien attack, chip implant, marshall law, everything is piecing together for the new world order... f*ck the NWO!

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[truthaboutflu]

I want to know how many doctors in Canada were watching the amount of people coming back into the country sick. A few or a ton.

[hostle18]

6/22/2010 is when the nukes go off. here let me give u a timline. 2009 prep year for everything bad. 2010 hell year, everything does go bad. 2011 the year we fight back, we take back our planet and we unite as one race. 2012 we awake into 4th density. peace and light to all.. PLEASE SPREAD THIS MESSAGE

[ZR1Terror]

Yeah me too, I also have a sore throat, very little coughing, and itchy nose, but it's not bad at all. Kind of worried anyways.

[Sparta4always]

your perfectly fine :)

[jaytonix]

the new name fo swine flu virus is H1N1 now!!

[Devildog2132]

alright thanks for the help :) i checked my temp last night and it was 97.9 im going to assume thats normal...is it? ok no more questions i dont want to annoy you