Post by Paddy by Grace on Apr 24, 2009 10:47:49 GMT -7
NOTE: Most of this information is not being reported in the mainstream media much at all. Except for this article below from Reuters on FoxNews, the versions mainly being reported are far more watered down that this one (some still saying, for example: 20 dead, just over 100 infected in Mexico. Not stating they may be related, etc....Obviously to avert any public panic.) The USA virus is a never before seen type (see URL in article) and the death rate in Mexico City (assuming it is the same virus) is 7.5% at least, not 1% as was being reported yesterday as the usual percentage death rate of swine flu. Other articles have reported the majority of those infected are healthy adults. But we should know later today if these outbreaks are related or not (assuming they tell us right away that is).
'Flu-Like' Illness Sickens 800, Kills 60 in Mexico; May Be Related to U.S. Swine Flu Outbreak -(Headline on FoxNews 04/24/09 am MST USA)
Friday, April 24, 2009 - www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517737,00.html
The World Health Organization voiced concern on Friday at a confirmed outbreak of swine flu in the United States and what it called more than 800 human "influenza-like" cases in Mexico, including about 60 deaths.
The United Nations agency said it had activated its Strategic Health Operations Center— its command and control center for acute public health events — but could not say whether it was considering issuing a travel advisory.
Related: Never-Before-Seen Flu Virus Sickens 7 in U.S.
U.S. public health officials said on Thursday that seven people had been diagnosed with a new kind of swine flu in California and Texas, while Mexican authorities were due to announce test results later on Friday, WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said in Geneva.
"We are in daily contact with U.S., Canadian and Mexican authorities," Hartl told Reuters.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the virus was a never-before-seen mixture of viruses typical among pigs, birds and humans. All 7 American patients had recovered.
WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said Mexican authorities had noticed unusual activity at the end of the flu season in March and April.
"To date there have been some 800 suspected cases with flu-like illness, with 57 deaths in the Mexico City area.
"Similar cases have since been found in San Luis Potosi in central Mexico. The number of suspected cases is 24 suspected cases and 3 deaths," she told a news briefing.
Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordoba said that it was cancelling classes for millions of children in the heart of the country on Friday after influenza killed around 20 people in recent weeks. Mexico's flu season had extended for longer this year.
'Flu-Like' Illness Sickens 800, Kills 60 in Mexico; May Be Related to U.S. Swine Flu Outbreak -(Headline on FoxNews 04/24/09 am MST USA)
Friday, April 24, 2009 - www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517737,00.html
The World Health Organization voiced concern on Friday at a confirmed outbreak of swine flu in the United States and what it called more than 800 human "influenza-like" cases in Mexico, including about 60 deaths.
The United Nations agency said it had activated its Strategic Health Operations Center— its command and control center for acute public health events — but could not say whether it was considering issuing a travel advisory.
Related: Never-Before-Seen Flu Virus Sickens 7 in U.S.
U.S. public health officials said on Thursday that seven people had been diagnosed with a new kind of swine flu in California and Texas, while Mexican authorities were due to announce test results later on Friday, WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said in Geneva.
"We are in daily contact with U.S., Canadian and Mexican authorities," Hartl told Reuters.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the virus was a never-before-seen mixture of viruses typical among pigs, birds and humans. All 7 American patients had recovered.
WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said Mexican authorities had noticed unusual activity at the end of the flu season in March and April.
"To date there have been some 800 suspected cases with flu-like illness, with 57 deaths in the Mexico City area.
"Similar cases have since been found in San Luis Potosi in central Mexico. The number of suspected cases is 24 suspected cases and 3 deaths," she told a news briefing.
Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordoba said that it was cancelling classes for millions of children in the heart of the country on Friday after influenza killed around 20 people in recent weeks. Mexico's flu season had extended for longer this year.
