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  • Austria: first in-country transmission of H1N1

    Pig flu - the first transfer within Austria

    "In Austria we have with the fifth case of H1N1 - First influenza transmission within the country (in - country - transmission) . This is a good warning signal. The disease is not tragic. But we must continue to watch, "said Friday afternoon, the Director General of Public Health, Hubert Hrabcik, compared with the APA. Milder course in Austrian patients
    Now transfer the pig flu from human to human.

    APA

    Overall, the broad new influenza continues. The expert: "We have in all countries an increase in registered cases a day. In the U.S., there are no more. In Europe, the focus in two countries -- in the UK and Spain. In the UK, are already 60 percent of new cases in - country - transmissions. This makes it difficult to come to grips with. "In Spain there was an outbreak in a military academy.

    Because the focus of the problem in North America, all passengers from Washington, New York and Toronto (AUA Direct flights) from the weekend "Passenger Location Cards" in which they enter their contact details should be. Hrabcik: "If the airplane has a infected people should be, we can then easily notify passengers. The cards will be kept at the health authority. After two weeks they will be destroyed."

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