Influenza A H1N1

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Back with some BAD News!There is this flu outbreak in the whole wide world.It is more sicker than SARS!In Singapore,the time when there was SARs flu we co-operated well, but that was the old enemy this is the new enemy says, the government.It is..... Influenza A H1N1,ofcourse!H1N1 started in Mexico, then spreaded to other countries such as America,India,Turkey and Malaysia. The number of confirmed cases of the new Influenza A flu has climbed to 8,480 and the death toll has remained static at 72, the World Health Organisation said in its latest update on Sunday.


The confirmation of cases in India, Malaysia and Turkey brought the number of countries with confirmed cases of H1N1, commonly known as swine flu, to 39.

The vast majority of cases have been in Mexico and the United States.
On April 29 it raised its pandemic alert to 5 on a 6-level scale.

The virus is behaving much like a seasonal influenza strain, which kills 500,000 annually, by spreading rapidly and causing mainly mild disease, but severe illness in some people.

Mexico has reported 2,895 confirmed cases including 66.The United States has reported 4,714 confirmed cases including four deaths.Canada has 496 confirmed cases and Costa Rica nine cases, both with one death.The number of cases of H1N1 flu virus in Japan climbed to 17 on Sunday,mostof them are teenagers.Counterparts in China said the country's capital, Beijing, had its first case.

Singapore and other countries are conducting temperature-taking of all those coming from other countries and going to other countries in airports in order to prevent
H1N1 from spreading from other countries.New Dhelhi/India government,tightened screening of passengers from countries affected by swine flu a day after one person tested positive for the dreaded disease in Hyderabad and a mother son duo in Chennai were admitted with suspected symptoms of the disease.

A woman and her son, who has been studying in the US, were admitted to a government hospital in Coimbatore with suspected symptoms of swine flu.According to hospital sources, the 26-year-old youth, who was studying in a University in New Jersey, complained of fever and throat pain after he returned from Bangalore two days ago.

The symptoms of H1N1 is normal flus such as coughing,headache running-nose,fever and throat pain.Pls take this flus seriously and visit the doctor if you need to.

Take CARE!Be AWARE!