AH1N1 Influenza Virus Going Pandemic!

Education and public cooperation is the key to prevent the deadly AH1N1 influenza or swine flu virus to go pandemic. As of 06:00 GMT, 10 June 2009, 74 countries have officially reported 27,737 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 141 deaths.

We need all to be aware of this. We need to strengthen our immune system and avoid crowded places where migration of people is very likely such as airports, malls and hotels near airports, train stations and bus stations. If you can't avoid them always wash your hands or bring alcogels to disinfect your hands. Drink a lot of water and take double dosage of your daily vitamin C.

The breakdown of the number of laboratory-confirmed cases by country is given in the following table and map.

Laboratory-confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the International Health Regulations (2005)

Country	Cumulative total		Newly confirmed since the last reporting period
	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths
Argentina	235	0	33	0
Australia	1224	0	173	0
Austria	5	0	0	0
Bahamas	2	0	1	0
Bahrain	1	0	0	0
Barbados	2	0	0	0
Belgium	14	0	0	0
Bolivia	3	0	0	0
Brazil	36	0	1	0
Bulgaria	2	0	0	0
Canada	2446	4	331	1
Cayman Islands, UKOT	1	0	0	0
Chile	1694	2	1283	1
China	142	0	34	0
Colombia	35	0	10	0
Costa Rica	93	1	25	0
Cuba	5	0	0	0
Cyprus	1	0	0	0
Czech Republic	2	0	0	0
Denmark	8	0	1	0
Dominica	1	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	91	1	47	0
Ecuador	60	0	0	0
Egypt	8	0	7	0
El Salvador	69	0	0	0
Estonia	4	0	1	0
Finland	4	0	0	0
France	71	0	13	0
Germany	78	0	15	0
Greece	5	0	0	0
Guatemala	60	0	30	0
Honduras	89	0	55	0
Hungary	3	0	0	0
Iceland	2	0	1	0
India	4	0	0	0
Ireland	12	0	1	0
Israel	63	0	9	0
Italy	50	0	0	0
Jamaica	7	0	3	0
Japan	485	0	75	0
Korea, Republic of	48	0	1	0
Kuwait	18	0	0	0
Lebanon	8	0	5	0
Luxembourg	1	0	0	0
Malaysia	5	0	0	0
Mexico	5717	106	0	0
Netherlands	22	0	12	0
New Zealand	23	0	9	0
Nicaragua	29	0	11	0
Norway	9	0	0	0
Panama	221	0	42	0
Paraguay	16	0	11	0
Peru	64	0	3	0
Philippines	54	0	21	0
Poland	6	0	1	0
Portugal	2	0	0	0
Romania	9	0	0	0
Russia	3	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	0
Singapore	18	0	3	0
Slovakia	3	0	0	0
Spain	331	0	40	0
Sweden	16	0	2	0
Switzerland	16	0	0	0
Thailand	8	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	0	0
Turkey	10	0	0	0
Ukraine	1	0	1	0
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	0
United Kingdom	666	0	109	0
United States of America	13217	27	0	0
Uruguay	24	0	7	0
Venezuela	12	0	8	0
Viet Nam	15	0	6	0
Grand Total	27737	141	2449	2

Chinese Taipei has reported 16 confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) with 0 deaths. Cases from Chinese Taipei are included in the cumulative totals provided in the table above.
Cumulative and new figures are subject to revision.
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Source: World Health Organization

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Bird Flu To Swine Flu

Almost all human diseases originate from other animals and then adapt to human hosts, says University of Guelph agriculture professor David Waltner-Toews, according to the author of The Chickens Fight Back: Pandemic Panics and Deadly Diseases that Jump from Animals to People.

People, birds and pigs are easily affected with different strains of virus or influenza. The easiest to transmit by human to human virus is human influenza. It is very possible that humans can also get bird influenza and pig influenza, but it typically requires very close contact with the animals, according to Waltner-Toews.

Bird or avian influenza is particularly hard to get, but humans who do get it experience very severe symptoms. That is why people were worried about a deadly pandemic if avian influenza were to mutate in such a way as to become easily transmissible between humans. Swine influenza is somewhat easier to transmit to humans but its symptoms tend to be milder than bird influenza.

Most flus contracted by humans are made up of predominately human influenza, but contain small pieces of avian or swine influenza. Swine flu is unusual because it is made up mostly of swine influenza but contains small amounts of avian and human influenza.

The movement of a virus between species opens up more opportunities for mutations in the virus, said Dr. Ruben Donis, head of the molecular genetics branch of the influenza division at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

The mutations would not necessarily make the virus cause more severe disease, but it cannot be ruled out, Donis said.

Mutations could also perhaps make the virus stronger at beating the immune system or resistant to drugs, said Stephen Drews, a clinical microbiologist at Ontario's Public Health Laboratories.

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Swine Flu-AH1N1 Survival Guide

It's here in the Philippines. The dreaded flu, AH1N1 or commonly known as swine flu, has arrived in the Philippines. This was confirmed by Health Secretary Dr. Francisco Duque III last thursday night. A 10-year old Filipino girl who arrived from the United States together with her parents on May 18, 2009 was infected by swine flu. The said girl was not detected by the thermal scanner because she was still very well when she arrived in NAIA airport but manifested the symptoms of swine flu the day after.

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What are the things we should do to avoid this deadly swine flu? Common warning signs for swine flu are cough, fever, diarrhea, nausea, body inching and drowsiness. In order to avoid swine flu, it is recommended by the general practitioners to eat healthy diet. We should make sure our immune system is strong. Other safety measures include eating healthy foodstuff, washing hands; timely sleeping habits should beconsistent and a lot of water specially when it too hot. It is always good to stay away from the victims and stay away fronm crowded places. Even if you get infected, you do not need to worry at all because swine flu cure is available like any other fatal diseases.

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From December to March there is difference between swine flu and regular flu that mostly people experience. Every individual is aware of this fatal disease that is very much similar to seasonal flu but has negative consequences on health. In connection, World health organization is working double time to enhance awareness on swine flu and how to avoid it. It is very important that we are informed about the nature of swine flu. One of the major NGO is world health organization with its great efforts. As a result, each and every individual have knowledge on swine flu and avoidance measures.

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