Swine Infects 36 Countries So Far, 8,451 Cases, And 71 Confirmed Deaths
The World Health Organization announced today that swine flu, or influenza A(H1N1) has now infected humans in 36 cases, making a total of 8,451 people ill, and causing the deaths of 66 people in Mexico, 4 deaths in the USA, and 1 death in Canada. All data indicate the virus strain is not a virulent one (an aggressive and dangerous one).
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Swine Flu Pandemic Weekly Report, Wales
from your hands to face or to other people. - Cleaning hard surfaces (e.g. door handles) frequently using a normal cleaning product. - Helping your children follow this advice. Control measures -- Agreements have been signed between the UK Government and vaccine manufacturers to secure enough vaccine for the whole population. The first batches are expected in August with around 60 million doses by the end of the year - enough for 30 million people to be vaccinated - with more following after that. The European Medicines Agency has strict processes in place for licensing pandemic vaccines. In preparing for a pandemic, appropriate trials to assess the safety and the immune responses have been carried out on vaccines very similar to the swine flu vaccine. -- The Welsh Assembly Government"s Health Emergency Preparedness Unit has issued guidance to Local Health Boards on anti-viral distribution. The unit is co-ordinating work on identifying appropriate collection points and the necessary arrangements to support this process. Features of the outbreak -- Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the level of influenza pandemic alert at phase six on 11 June 2009. -- Phase six indicates there is human-to-human spread of the virus in at least two countries in one World Health Organization region, with community level outbreaks in at least one other country in a different WHO region. -- On 2 July the four UK nations agreed to move to the treatment phase in their response to the pandemic - treating people most at risk. Contact tracing and the use of antivirals preventively have been ended. GPs will now provide clinical diagnosis of swine flu cases rather than awaiting laboratory test results. Further information -- Further health information for the public on swine flu is available bilingually from http://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk -- Further public health information on swine flu and Pandemic Flu is available bilingually from http://www.nphs.wales.nhs.uk -- Further information from the Welsh Assembly Government response is available bilingually at http://www.wales.gov.uk Welsh Assembly GovernmentPages: 1 [2]