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  • Re: Mexico: Swine Flu & Other Respiratory Illnesses - Including Mexico City & Oaxaca

    With regards to some cases being mild,please correct me if im wrong.but wasnt the first wave of the spanish flu a mild one.

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      Austin detected two cases of swine influenza
      Los dos casos fueron hallados en dos ni?os.
      The two cases were found in two children.
      Ninguno de ellos fue hospitalizado.
      None of them was hospitalized.
      Ambos se han recuperado.
      Both have recovered.
      Aunque los ni?os son amigos, no se ha determinado c?mo se infectaron.
      Although children are friends, not determined how they were infected.
      Vie, 24/04/2009 - 14:34
      Fri, 24/04/2009 - 14:34
      Nuevo Laredo.- Un par de casos de gripe porcina, han sido detectados en humanos, esto de acuerdo al Departamento de Salud de Texas.
      Nuevo Laredo .- A couple of cases of swine influenza have been detected in humans, this according to Texas Department of Health.
      La dependencia, en Austin ha confirmado la presencia de gripe porcina en dos menores de 16 a?os de edad del condado de Guadalupe cerca de San Antonio.
      The unit, in Austin has confirmed the presence of swine influenza in two children under 16 years old Guadalupe County near San Antonio.
      Uno de ellos se enferm? el 10 de abril, y el otro el 14 de abril, el grado de su enfermedad son relativamente leves.
      One of them was sick on April 10, and the other on April 14, the degree of their illness are relatively mild.
      Ninguno de ellos fue hospitalizado.
      None of them was hospitalized.
      Ambos se han recuperado.
      Both have recovered.
      Aunque los ni?os son amigos, no se ha determinado c?mo se infectaron.
      Although children are friends, not determined how they were infected.
      Los resultados de los an?lisis de laboratorio recibidos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevenci?n de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos indican que las enfermedades fueron causadas por un virus porcino de influenza A (H1N1).
      The results of laboratory tests from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention United States indicate that diseases were caused by a virus of swine influenza A (H1N1).
      Los datos de laboratorio preliminares sugieren que el virus es casi igual a los virus causantes de infecciones de gripe porcina recientes en casos humanos del sur de California.
      Preliminary laboratory data suggest that the virus is almost identical to viruses that cause infections of swine flu in recent human cases in southern California.
      Los funcionarios de salud p?blica estatales investigan para determinar si alguna de las personas en contacto con los ni?os se ha enfermado y piden a los hospitales, los doctores y las dem?s personas en el ?rea que est?n particularmente alerta a otros posibles casos.
      The state public health officials are investigating to determine whether any persons in contact with the children was sick and asked to hospitals, doctors and others in the area who are particularly alert to other possible cases.
      El DSHS y agencias de salud p?blica locales en Texas ya participaban en una investigaci?n de gripe porcina liderada por los CDC porque, en uno de los dos casos originales del sur de California, un ni?o de 10 a?os de edad viaj? a Dallas por una larga visita a sus parientes.
      The DSHS and local public health agencies in Texas and participated in an investigation of swine flu led by the CDC, because in one of two original cases in Southern California, a boy 10 years old he traveled to Dallas for a long visit their relatives.
      No se han confirmado casos adicionales vinculados con el ni?o.
      There have been no additional confirmed cases associated with the child.
      La informaci?n inicial de la investigaci?n de las enfermedades de los dos adolescentes no indica viajes recientes ni v?nculos con el ni?o que viaj? a Dallas desde el sur de California.
      Initial information from the investigation of diseases of the two teenagers did not indicate recent or travel links with the child who traveled to Dallas from Southern California.
      Los s?ntomas de la gripe porcina en las personas son similares a los de la gripe regular o estacional, y entre ellos est?n la fiebre, el letargo, la falta de apetito y la tos.
      The symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the regular seasonal flu, and among them are fever, lethargy, lack of appetite and cough.
      Algunas personas con gripe porcina tambi?n han informado tener flujo nasal, dolor de garganta, n?usea, v?mito y diarrea.
      Some people with swine influenza have also reported to have nasal discharge, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
      Los funcionarios de salud dijeron que el p?blico debe seguir las precauciones normales para reducir la propagaci?n de alguna enfermedad respiratoria.
      Health officials said the public should follow the normal precautions to reduce the spread of any respiratory illness.
      ?Qu?dese en casa cuando est? enfermo para evitar propagar la enfermedad a los dem?s.
      ? Stay home when sick to avoid spreading the disease to others.
      ?Al toser y estornudar c?brase con la parte interior del codo o un pa?uelo desechable y deseche los pa?uelos usados como es debido.
      ? When you cough and sneeze to cover the inside of the elbow or a tissue and dispose of your used tissues in a proper manner.
      ?L?vese las manos frecuentemente ya fondo con agua tibia y jab?n o use desinfectante para manos a base de alcohol.
      ? Wash your hands frequently and thoroughly with soap and warm water or use hand sanitizer Alcohol-based. http://74.125.91.132/translate_c?hl=...gNxU-B6foIV92w
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      • Re: Mexico: Swine Flu & Other Respiratory Illnesses - Including Mexico City & Oaxaca

        Originally posted by vinny View Post
        With regards to some cases being mild,please correct me if im wrong.but wasnt the first wave of the spanish flu a mild one.
        Yes, but it is not wise to extrapolate from an avian influenza pandemic (1918) to this new novel swine flu strain(s).
        http://novel-infectious-diseases.blogspot.com/

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        • Re: Mexico: Swine Flu & Other Respiratory Illnesses - Including Mexico City & Oaxaca

          Originally posted by Farmer View Post
          If so, that is a 7% CFR.

          Thanks for the notification of the Twitter site FrenchieGirl - very useful.
          There may not be an accurate CFR until there is a "confined" and accountable population, e.g., military training barracks, college, prison, etc.

          I would assume that many Mexico city residents never went to the doctor, so I suspect the number of recovered cases could be far higher and the true CFR could be much lower.

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          • Re: Mexico: Swine Flu & Other Respiratory Illnesses - Including Mexico City & Oaxaca

            Originally posted by vinny View Post
            With regards to some cases being mild,please correct me if im wrong.but wasnt the first wave of the spanish flu a mild one.
            They quoted the 1918 2% as serious pandemic, so the actual 7% ...

            But this is a begining of something.
            This stickness of the mainstream sci. to evaluating actual ilness only through an 100 years old optic can't be so funded, so it is better watch wider possibilities.

            First from Mex. cames that there were high levels of respiratory failure needed vents, now it is "mild" ...

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              ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASE - MEXICO, SWINE VIRUS SUSPECTED
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              Date: Thu 23 Apr 2009
              Source: El Manana [in Spanish, trans. Mod. TY, edited]
              <http://www.elmanana.com.mx/notas.asp?id=117125>


              At last 500 employees in the health sector in the Federal District have
              been infected with influenza virus, announced Antonio Sanchez Arriaga,
              secretary general of the National Independent Union of Health Workers. The
              infection has now affected employees of the main public hospitals in the
              caital, including the Juarez Hospital, the General Hospital and the
              National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, and the hospitals in the
              Tlalpan area, where the National Institute of Cardiology, the National
              Institute of Nurtition and the Manuel Gea Gonzalez, as well as the Polanco
              Red Cross, are located.

              The union official indicated that the number of infected individuals could
              triple this week if the necessary [preventive] health measures are not
              taken. "This past Friday [17 Apr 2009] we realized that the disease [was
              occurring] and we requested the the representatives in the various
              hospitals submit reports of the illnesses, and we found that that the
              infection had reached 500 of our fellow workers, " indicated Sanchez
              Arriaga. The leader of the union said that the authorities are overwhelmed
              by the presence of influenza in the hospitals and only palliative measures
              have been implemented to try to prevent further infections.

              "Now they are vaccinating us and giving permission for a week off of work
              for the employees who are ill, but this has now turned into an epidemic and
              we believe that this will continue this week and we could have more than
              1500 cases," he said. Sanchez Arriaga declared that it is urgent to
              vaccinate personnel who work in the areas of neonatology, pediatrics,
              gynecology and respiratory diseases, since they are those who have thee
              greatest possibility of spreading the disease in a high risk population.

              [Byline: Imelda Garcia]

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              Date: Thu 23 Apr 2009
              Source: Canada.com [edited]
              <http://www.canada.com/story_print.html? id=1527347&tab=PHOT&sponsor=1527>


              Warning to travelers
              --------------------
              Public health officials are on alert for flu-like symptoms among Canadians
              who recently travelled to Mexico, following the outbreak of an illness in
              that Latin American country that has killed 20 people. However, Ontario's
              chief medical officer, Dr David Williams, told a news conference in Toronto
              Thursday [23 Apr 2009] that no Canadians have been affected by the illness,
              which has surfaced in south and central regions of the vacation hot spot.
              "(Canada) hasn't had any cases directly tied to it yet, but it doesn't mean
              we won't be vigilant looking for it," Williams said. "We will continue to
              look, in case it has any remote connection. We want to see if we can
              connect those dots correctly. As a precaution, public health authorities,
              family physicians and hospitals across the country have been placed on high
              alert to look for any unusual flu-like symptoms in patients. The
              government's pandemic surveillance alert has also been increased to a state
              of high vigilance, but Ottawa has not as yet issued a travel ban to Mexico.
              It is warning prospective Canadian travellers to be vigilant and to take
              precautions.

              "There is no evidence as of now, that the illness in Mexico (is) an illness
              like SARS," said Dr Danielle Grondin, acting assistant deputy minister at
              the Public Health Agency of Canada. "It is serious in Mexico but nothing in
              Canada. At this point, there are no clusters of SRI [severe respiratory
              illness] in Canada. There are no health concerns for Canadians." According
              to Grondin, what is known so far of the illness is that it strikes healthy
              people aged 25-44 years, and quickly worsens. A total of 137 people have
              been struck by the virus.

              A man from Cornwall, Ontario, who returned from Mexico with a mysterious
              illness is believed to be one of a handful of people in Ontario who may be
              linked to the respiratory ailment, provincial officials say. The 47 year
              old man was airlifted to an Ottawa hospital in late March and admitted into
              the hospital's intensive care unit, a hospital official said Thursday. He
              spent 11 nights in hospital before being released on 9 Apr 2009. During a
              news conference in Vancouver, Dr Danuta Skowronski of the British Columbia
              (C) Centre for Disease Control said there have been reports of severe
              flu-like illness in BC but so far none has been linked to Mexico. "We're
              doing our best to keep people informed while our investigation is ongoing,"
              added Skowronski, an epidemiologist specializing in influenza and
              respiratory illness. The flu-like symptoms include fever, cough, general
              aches and pains, and shortness of breath, which quickly progresses to
              trouble breathing and severe respiratory illness, she said.

              The affected areas of Mexico were Mexico City, San Luis Potosl, Oaxaca and
              Baja, Skowronski said. Meanwhile, Dr Arlene King, director general of the
              Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases at the Public
              Health Agency of Canada, told the Toronto news conference that one of the
              lessons learned from the SARS outbreak in 2003 was the need for effective
              communications between various agencies and health care providers. Williams
              also stressed that a stringent record of any illnesses that might match the
              profile of the respiratory condition should be relayed to the proper
              authorities. "We'd rather know more than less . . . we want to know all the
              details," he said. "That's why we're engaging our wider medical community
              at this time to active surveillance rather than passive surveillance. "For
              (Mexico), it's early, and we're pleased they moved so quickly to inform
              their partners of what's going on... That's to be applauded and that
              probably wouldn't have happened five or seven years ago."

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              Date: Fri 24 Apr 2009
              Source: CNN-cm [edited]
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              60 dead in Mexico flu outbreak
              ------------------------------
              A flu outbreak in Mexico has killed at least 60 people and sickened nearly
              1000, health officials said on Friday [24 Apr 2009]. Swine flu is usually
              diagnosed only in pigs or people in regular contact with them. The outbreak
              has led health officials in the United States to suspect a connection with
              7 known cases of a novel swine flu infection in California and Texas.

              As a precaution to avoid further contamination, schools and universities in
              Mexico City and the state of Mexico were closed on Friday, said the
              national health secretary, Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos. He said the
              schools may remain closed for a while. Fifty-seven people have died in
              Mexico City, the World Health Organization said on Friday. Another 3 people
              have died elsewhere in Mexico, the agency said. Sixteen of the deaths were
              from "a new type of influenza virus", Cordova said. Another 45 cases are
              "suspicious," he said.

              Authorities are investigating the cases of 943 people suffering from a
              viral infection, the health minister said. WHO had said 800 people had
              fallen ill. Mexican President Felipe Calderon canceled a trip Friday to
              northern Mexico so he could remain in Mexico City to monitor the situation,
              the state-run Notimex news agency reported. Calderon met with his Cabinet
              on Thursday night to discuss the outbreak.

              In the United States, 7 cases of a previously undetected strain of swine
              flu have been confirmed in humans, the Centers for Disease Control and
              Prevention said. All of the patients have recovered, officials said. None
              of the patients had direct contact with pigs. Five of the cases were found
              in California, and 2 in Texas, near San Antonio, said Dr Anne Schuchat, the
              CDC's interim deputy director for science and public health program.

              The Mexican samples will be tested at the centers based in Atlanta,
              Georgia, spokesman David Daigle told CNN by email. The samples were taken
              from an affected area just north of Mexico City. Canada also is testing
              samples from Mexico "and has placed a travel alert for travel to Mexico,"
              Daigle said. The Public Health Agency of Canada issued a respiratory alert
              for Mexico on Wednesday [22 Apr 2009], recommending that health providers
              "actively look for cases" in Canada, particularly in people who've returned
              from Mexico within the last 2 weeks.

              An alert issued on Friday by the International SOS medical and consulting
              company said more than 130 cases of a severe respiratory illness have been
              detected in south and central Mexico, some of which are due to influenza.
              "Public health officials in Mexico began actively looking for cases of
              respiratory illness upon noticing that the seasonal peak of influenza
              extended into April, when cases usually decline in number," the medical
              alert said. "They found 2 outbreaks of illness -- one centered on Distrito
              Federal (Mexico City), involving about 120 cases with 13 deaths. The other
              is in San Luis Potosi, with 14 cases and 4 deaths." Authorities also
              detected one death in Oaxaca, in the south, and 2 in Baja California Norte,
              near San Diego, California. There was no indication why the International
              SOS tallies did not match the WHO figures.

              The majority of cases are occurring in adults between 25 and 44 years of
              age. CDC reported on Tuesday that 2 California children in the San Diego
              area were infected with a virus called swine influenza A H1N1, whose
              combination of genes had not been seen before in flu viruses in humans or
              pigs. The 7 patients range from age 9 to 54, the CDC's Schuchat said. "The
              good news is that all 7 of these patients have recovered," she said. The
              first 2 cases were picked up through an influenza monitoring program, with
              stations in San Diego and El Paso, Texas. The program monitors strains and
              tries to detect new ones before they spread, CDC said. Other cases emerged
              through routine and expanded surveillance.

              The human influenza vaccine's ability to protect against the new swine flu
              strain is unknown, and studies are ongoing, Schuchat said. There is no
              danger of contracting the virus from eating pork products, she said. The
              new virus has genes from North American swine and avian influenza; human
              influenza; and swine influenza normally found in Asia and Europe, said
              Nancy Cox, chief of CDC's Influenza Division. Swine flu is caused by type A
              influenza, according to CDC. The virus does not normally infect humans, but
              cases have occurred among people, especially those with exposure to pigs.
              There also have been cases of one person spreading swine flu to other
              people, the CDC said. In 1988, in an apparent swine flu infection among
              pigs in Wisconsin, there also was evidence of a patient transmitting the
              virus to health workers, CDC said. Experts think coughing, sneezing, and
              contaminated surfaces spread the infection among people. From December 2005
              to February 2009, 12 human cases of swine flu were documented.

              CDC is working with health officials in California and Texas and expects to
              find more cases, Schuchat said. There's no need for alarm, but people at
              risk -- those who live in or have visited areas where patients live or have
              had contact with pigs -- should get tested if they notice symptoms, said Dr
              William Short at the division of infectious diseases at Thomas Jefferson
              University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

              A pandemic is defined as: a new virus to which everybody is susceptible;
              the ability to readily spread from person to person; and the capability of
              causing significant disease in humans, said Dr Jay Steinberg, an infectious
              disease specialist at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta. The new
              strain of swine flu meets only one of the criteria: novelty. History
              indicates that flu pandemics tend to occur once every 20 years or so, so
              we're due for one, Steinberg said. "I can say with 100 per cent confidence
              that a pandemic of a new flu strain will spread in humans," he said. "What
              I can't say is when it will occur."

              (by Elizabeth Landau)

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              Date: Fri 24 Apr 2009
              Source: BBC News [edited]
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              Mexico flu outbreak kills dozens
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              Dozens of people have died and hundreds of others have been infected in a
              viral outbreak in Mexico suspected to have been caused by a strain of swine
              flu. WHO thinks the virus may be behind 60 deaths in Mexico since mid-March
              [2009]. Mexican authorities have closed schools in affected areas and a
              vaccination campaign is being launched. Seven non-fatal cases of a new form
              of swine flu have also been confirmed in the southern United States.

              A WHO spokesman said 12 out of 18 samples taken from the Mexican victims
              showed they died from a virus with the same genetic structure as the one
              found in the US. WHO would convene an emergency meeting in the "very near
              future" to determine whether the event constituted a "public health event
              of international concern", Gregory Hartl told Reuters news agency. The
              White House said it was following the US outbreak -- in California and
              Texas -- closely.

              WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said "unusual end-of-season influenza
              activity" was noticed in Mexico starting from the end of March [2009].
              Fifty-seven people had died in Mexico City from flu-like symptoms, she
              said, and another 3 in San Luis Potosi in central Mexico. There are around
              800 suspected cases, she said.

              Health minister Jose Angel Cordova said the virus had "mutated from pigs
              and then at some point was transmitted to humans". The strain of flu had
              been confirmed in at least 16 deaths, with 44 others being tested, the
              government said. It urged people to take preventative measures such as not
              shaking hands or sharing crockery. All schools and universities in the
              capital and in nearby Mexico State have been closed, the BBC's Stephen
              Gibbs reports from Mexico City.

              In the US, experts say the 7 people who fell ill across two states were
              suffering from a new form of swine flu that combined pig, bird, and human
              viruses. CDC said none of the 7 victims had been in contact with pigs,
              which is how people usually catch swine flu. CDC spokeswoman Anne Schuchat
              said that officials did not yet know how widely the virus had spread. But
              she pointed out that all 7 victims had recovered. "So far this is not
              looking like very very severe influenza," she said.

              While the world has been worried over the past few years about the impact
              of a pandemic originating from avian flu, the WHO say that swine flu has
              been implicated in the emergence of two of the last century's influenza
              pandemics, reports BBC science reporter Matt McGrath. Pigs can serve as a
              mixing vessel for both human and avian viruses that could combine to create
              a more virulent strain, our reporter adds.

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              [It is unclear at present to what extent the current outbreak of acute
              respiratory disease in Mexico is a consequence of influenza virus
              infection, and whether the outbreak virus is in any way related to the
              atypical strain of swine influenza virus associated with mild illness in a
              small number of people in southern California and Texas. - Mod.CP]

              [See also:
              Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - USA (02): (CA, TX) 20090424.1541
              Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - USA: (CA) 20090422.1516
              Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - Spain 20090220.0715
              2008
              ---
              Influenza A (H1N1) virus, swine, human - USA (TX) 20081125.3715
              2007
              ---
              Influenza A (H2N3) virus, swine - USA 20071219.4079
              2006
              ---
              Influenza, swine, human - USA (IA): November 2006 20070108.0077]

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                Originally posted by AlaskaDenise View Post
                There may not be an accurate CFR until there is a "confined" and accountable population, e.g., military training barracks, college, prison, etc.

                I would assume that many Mexico city residents never went to the doctor, so I suspect the number of recovered cases could be far higher and the true CFR could be much lower.

                .
                I agree that it is premature to hazard a guess at CFR.

                I mistook the Breaking news Twitter for a WHO-sourced Twitter reporting numbers of confirmed swine-flu cases and deaths.
                Separate the wheat from the chaff

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                  Guatemala, on the alert for the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico
                  Epidemic of swine influenza
                  La cercan?a de Guatemala con M?xico es el principal motivo de preocupaci?n de las autoridades guatemaltecas. Guatemala's proximity to Mexico is the main concern of the Guatemalan authorities. AFP AFP
                  Guatemala ordenaron aumentar el control de la zona fronteriza con M?xico Guatemala ordered increased monitoring of the border with Mexico
                  Guatemala ha convocado a una reuni?n de emergencia a representantes de los ministerios de Salud, Gobernaci?n (Interior) y Agricultura para analizar la situaci?n Guatemala has convened an emergency meeting with representatives of the Ministries of Health, the Interior (Interior), and Agriculture to discuss the situation

                  GUATEMALA.- Las autoridades sanitarias de Guatemala se declararon hoy en alerta y ordenaron aumentar el control de la zona fronteriza con M?xico , ante el temor de que ingrese al pa?s la gripe porcina que ha causado al menos 20 muertos en ese pa?s. GUATEMALA .- The health authorities of Guatemala said they were now on alert and ordered to better control the border with Mexico, for fear of entering the country swine flu that has caused at least 20 dead in that country.

                  El jefe de la unidad de Epidemiolog?a del Ministerio guatemalteco de Salud, Gerberth Morales, dijo a periodistas que "se ha convocado a una reuni?n de emergencia a representantes de los ministerios de Salud, Gobernaci?n (Interior) y Agricultura para analizar la situaci?n". The head of the Epidemiology Unit of the Guatemalan Ministry of Health, Gerberth Morales told reporters that "it has convened an emergency meeting with representatives of the Ministries of Health, the Interior (Interior), and Agriculture to discuss the situation."
                  De momento, asegur? el funcionario, "no se ha registrado ning?n caso similar" a los reportados en M?xico, donde, seg?n cifras oficiales, han fallecido al menos 20 personas, y se han detactado m?s de un millar de casos relacionados con este virus. For now, the official said, "there has been no case similar to those reported in Mexico, where according to official figures, have died at least 20 people and have detactado over a thousand cases involving this virus.

                  La gripe porcina es un subtipo de la tradicional cepa H1N1 (influenza estacional), que mut? de los cerdos a los humanos. The swine flu is a subtype of the H1N1 strain traditional (seasonal influenza), which mutual of pigs to humans.

                  Los s?ntomas de esa gripe son fiebre superior a 39 grados, que se presenta de manera repentina, tos, dolor de cabeza intenso, dolores musculares y de articulaciones, irritaci?n de los ojos y flujo nasal. The symptoms of this flu are fever above 39 degrees, which is so sudden, cough, severe headache, joint and muscle pain, eye irritation and nasal discharge.

                  La cercan?a de Guatemala con M?xico es el principal motivo de preocupaci?n de las autoridades guatemaltecas. Guatemala's proximity to Mexico is the main concern of the Guatemalan authorities.

                  Un portavoz de la unidad de Epidemiolog?a del Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganader?a y Alimentaci?n de Guatemala asegur? a la prensa que "de momento no existe riesgo de consumir carnes de cerdo o res", ya que no son una fuente de contagio. A spokesman for the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food of Guatemala assured the press that "currently there is no risk from consuming pork or beef," as they are not a source of contagion.

                  Sin embargo, se?al? que las autoridades mantendr?n un "monitoreo constante". However, he noted that the authorities maintain a "constant monitoring".

                  Guatemala y M?xico comparten una frontera lineal de 974 kil?metros. Guatemala and Mexico share a border line of 974 kilometers.
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                    Instala la Organizaci&#243;n Mundial de la Salud un Comit&#233; de Emergencia que enviar&#225; expertos al pa&#237;s
                    Install the World Health Organization an Emergency Committee that the country will send experts

                    CIUDAD DE M&#201;XICO.- A ra&#237;z del brote de la influenza registrado en el pa&#237;s, M&#233;xico entr&#243; en contacto con al Organizaci&#243;n Mundial de la Salud , quien determin&#243; que no es necesaria hasta el momento la cuarentena, por lo que el tr&#225;nsito de entrada y salida a M&#233;xico continuar&#225; con normalidad.
                    MEXICO CITY .- Following the outbreak of influenza in the country, Mexico came into contact with the World Health Organization, who determined that it is not necessary until the quarantine, so the traffic into and out to Mexico will continue as normal.
                    Despu&#233;s de la reuni&#243;n del presidente y su gabinete, el secretario de Salud Jos&#233; &#193;ngel C&#243;rdoba anunci&#243; que la OMS instal&#243; un Comit&#233; de Emergencia al que enviar&#225; a expertos, con el fin de apoyar al gobierno mexicano en la atenci&#243;n de esta contingencia, que de acuerdo con el funcionario se encuentra controlada.
                    After the meeting the president and his cabinet, Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova announced that WHO set up an Emergency Committee to which to send experts to support the Mexican government in addressing this contingency, which, according the officer is under control.

                    En el Comit&#233; participar&#225; por parte de M&#233;xico el doctor Samuel Ponce de Le&#243;n.
                    Participate in the Committee of Mexico by Dr. Samuel Ponce de Leon.

                    C&#243;rdoba Villalobos asegur&#243; que en M&#233;xico se cuenta con un mill&#243;n de antivirales para atender a quienes se les haya detectado el virus y precis&#243; que hasta el momento en n&#250;meros redondos s&#243;lo se tienen registrados mil casos a nivel nacional.
                    Cordova Villalobos said that in Mexico there are a million of antivirals for whom it is detected the virus and said that so far only in round numbers a thousand cases are reported nationally.

                    Tambi&#233;n dio a conocer que a las personas que han sido infectadas o que se sospecha pudieron haber contra&#237;do el virus, se les atender&#225; en hospitales espec&#237;ficos para tenerlos concentrados y poderles dar seguimiento, entre ellos est&#225;n el Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, el Instituto Nacional de Nutrici&#243;n Salvador Zubir&#225;n, un hospital del gobierno Distrito Federal y otro m&#225;s perteneciente al sector salud.
                    He also announced that people who have been infected or suspected may have contracted the virus, they will respond in specific hospitals to keep focused and able to follow, among them are the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, National Institute of Nutrici&#243;n Salvador Zubir&#225;n, a government hospital in the Federal District and another belonging to the health sector. http://tinyurl.com/dl8xmj
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                      GDF slows vaccination campaign
                      MEXICO, DF (SUN)
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                      El gobierno de la ciudad dio marcha atr?s en su intenci?n de aplicar una campa?a de vacunaci?n general contra la influenza, por el hecho concreto de que las dosis de reserva que se tienen de esa vacuna no servir?an para detener el brote de la enfermedad que fue ocasionado por un nuevo virus de influenza porcina.
                      The city government has reversed its intention to implement a vaccination campaign against influenza for the fact that the doses of which are subject of this vaccine would not stop the outbreak of the disease was caused by a new virus of swine influenza.
                      Armando Ahued, secretario de Salud del Distrito Federal, dio a conocer que esta ma?ana la Organizaci?n Mundial de la Salud le emiti? una recomendaci?n al gobierno mexicano, estableciendo que la vacuna contra la influenza debe quedar descartada, pues no generar? los efectos de mitigaci?n de la epidemia.
                      Armando Ahued, Secretary of Health of the Federal District, announced this morning that the World Health Organization gave him a recommendation to the Mexican government, stating that the influenza vaccine must be discarded, because it will mitigate the effects of the epidemic.

                      Por la ma?ana y tambi?n en una conferencia, Ahued hab?a dicho que pedir?a al gobierno federal una dotaci?n de vacunas contra la influenza, para aplicar un plan de inmunizaci?n entre los capitalinos, pero finalmente ya no se pondr? en marcha.
                      In the morning and also in a conference call Ahued had said that the federal government an allocation of vaccines against influenza, to implement an immunization plan between the capital, but eventually no longer be launched.

                      Esta tarde y despu?s de reunirse con autoridades federales en la residencia oficial de los pinos, Armando Ahued, tambi?n dio a conocer que tan s?lo en 24 horas se increment? de 79 a 97 el n?mero de personas atendidas en los hospitales del Distrito Federal por enfermedades respiratorias graves que pueden ser el s?ntoma de la influenza.
                      This afternoon after meeting with federal authorities at the official residence of Los Pinos, Armando Ahued also announced that in just 24 hours increased from 79 to 97 the number of people served in Federal District hospitals for respiratory diseases serious may be the symptom of the flu.
                      Sobre la suspensi?n del plan de vacunaci?n general, el secretario de Salud de la ciudad, dijo que ahora la alternativa para atender a los enfermos ser? la aplicaci?n de antivirales que han dado excelentes resultados para combatir la epidemia.
                      On the suspension of general vaccination plan, the Secretary of Health of the city, said that now the alternative to caring for the sick will be the application of antiviral drugs that have yielded excellent results in combating the epidemic.

                      Inform? que el medicamento Osetamivir es el que se aplica a los pacientes con alto grado de ?xito, pues en los primeros tres d?as se observa una recuperaci?n del estado f?sico.
                      Osetamivir reported that the medicine is that which applied to patients with a high degree of success, because in the first three days there was a recovery of physical condition.

                      Sin embargo, tambi?n explic? que este ?xito en la aplicaci?n del antiviral depende de una detecci?n temprana de la influenza, por lo que insisti? en la importancia de acudir de inmediato a un centro de salud u hospital para hacer una valoraci?n medica cuando se presente un cuadro de gripa agudo.
                      However, he also explained that the successful implementation of antiviral depends on early detection of influenza, which emphasized the importance of going immediately to a health center or hospital for a medical evaluation when there is a box acute influenza.

                      Tambi?n insisti? en que, sobre todo los j?venes, no acudan a reuniones o grandes concentraciones de poblaci?n, pues la mayor parte de los afectados por la influenza son hasta ahora personas de entre 20 y 40 a?os de edad.
                      He also stressed that, especially young people, not attending meetings or large gatherings of people, because most of those affected by the flu so far are people between 20 and 40 years of age.

                      Una medida preventiva de gran importancia pero sencilla es lavarse las manos, pues se evita hasta 50% el riesgo de contagio.
                      One preventive measure is simple but very important to wash your hands, because it prevents up to 50% the risk of contagion.

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                        Mexico flu shuts stadiums for weekend matches

                        MEXICO CITY, April 24 (Reuters) - Two soccer matches in Mexico City will be played behind closed doors due to a deadly outbreak of a previously unknown strain of flu in the country, the Mexican Football Federation said on Friday.

                        Guadalajara and America, Mexico's most popular teams, will play Pumas and Tecos respectively in league matches on Sunday -- but normally packed spectator stands will be empty.

                        "This decision is being taken with the full awareness of the clubs to comply with the measures implemented by the health authorities," the federation said in a statement.

                        The Mexican government said at least 20 people have died of the virus, a type of swine flu, and it may also be responsible for 48 other deaths. It said 1,004 suspected cases have been reported so far.

                        The article that you tried to access, which was part of a feed supplied by a news agency, is no longer on available on the Guardian site
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                          The 20&#37; Eurasian part of the virus appears to have originally come from Thailand.

                          http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert...t=dis&lang=eng

                          Situation Update No. 16
                          On 25.04.2009 at 03:58 GMT+2</B>

                          <CODE>The national laboratory in Winnipeg has confirmed human swine influenza virus in clinical specimens sent from Mexico for testing, Canada's health minister said Friday. "Today we have received … results which confirm that the virus is human swine influenza,'' Leona Aglukkaq told a press conference in Ottawa. </CODE>
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                          <CODE>A handful of cases of flu-like illness in Canadian residents who recently returned from Mexico are being monitored, however, "there have been no confirmed cases of human swine influenza yet," said Dr. David Butler-Jones, Canada's chief public health officer. </CODE>
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                          <CODE>Mexico sent 51 specimens for testing to Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory on Wednesday. Sixteen positives of swine flu were found among the samples. Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said Friday that 20 people were killed in the outbreak and 1,004 were infected throughout the country, prompting the World Health Organization to convene an emergency meeting Saturday. </CODE>
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                          <CODE>Officials closed schools, museums and libraries in Mexico City on Friday to limit spread of the virus. Dr. Rich Besser, acting head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, said early analysis of Mexican samples of the virus showed it is very similar to those responsible for eight American cases, one confirmed Friday. All the U.S. victims have recovered. </CODE>
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                          <CODE>A handful of cases of flu-like illness in Canadian residents who recently returned from Mexico are being monitored, however, "there have been no confirmed cases of human swine influenza yet," Dr. David Butler-Jones, Canada's chief public health officer, told the Ottawa press conference Friday.

                          Canada is working with Mexican and U.S. health officials to confirm that the virus in both countries is linked and is in fact a new strain of influenza A H1N1 human swine virus, he added. "This is an interesting virus. It's a brand new virus, not only to humans but to the world," said Dr. Frank Plummer, scientific director of the Winnipeg lab. </CODE>
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                          <CODE>"About 80 per cent of the virus is highly related to a North American body of swine flu that's been around for a number of years, but about 20 per cent of it comes from an Eurasian variety of swine flu first seen in Thailand, so it's recombined to create something totally new. How it did that, where it did it, when it did it, I don't think we know yet." </CODE>
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                          <CODE>WHO spokesperson Gregory Hartl said the agency needs to determine whether the outbreaks constitute an international public health threat.

                          Hartl also said 12 of 18 samples taken from victims in Mexico showed the virus had a genetic structure identical to that of the virus found in California earlier this week. But he said the agency needs more information before it changes its pandemic alert level, which currently stands at three on a scale of one to six. </CODE>
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                          <CODE>The virus was first reported earlier this week as U.S. health officials scrambled to deal with the diagnoses of seven people with the never-before-seen strain in Texas and California. The states share a border with Mexico not far from a town where two deaths were reported. Hartl said health officials are dealing with three separate events in Mexico, with most of the cases in and around the capital, Mexico City. Most of the cases have occurred in healthy young adults, he added. "Because these cases are not happening in the very old or the very young, which is normal with seasonal influenza, this is an unusual event and a cause for heightened concern," Hartl said in an interview from WHO headquarters in Geneva. </CODE>
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                          <CODE>In Canada, the advisory includes the same advice given to all travellers: Get a flu shot and take precautions such as covering coughs and staying home when sick. But it also gives locations in Mexico where cases of severe respiratory illness have occurred. However, tourists returning from Mexico who feel well don't need to see a doctor, Butler-Jones said.</CODE>

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                            Just on our news here in the uk.WHO chief execuitve arrives in geneva for emergency briefing about the outbreak.

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                              Fear, anger and fatalism over swine flu in Mexico
                              By ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press Writer ? 2009 The Associated Press

                              MEXICO CITY ? The schools and museums are closed. Sold-out games between Mexico's most popular soccer teams are being played in empty stadiums. Health workers are ordering sickly passengers off subways and buses. And while bars and nightclubs filled up as usual, even some teenagers were dancing with surgical masks on.

                              Across this overcrowded capital of 20 million people, Mexicans are reacting with fatalism and confusion, anger and mounting fear at the idea that their city may be ground zero for a global epidemic of a new kind of flu ? a strange mix of human, pig and bird viruses that has epidemiologists deeply concerned.

                              Tests show 20 people in Mexico have died of the new swine flu strain, and that 48 other deaths were probably due to the same strain. The caseload of those sickened has grown to 1,004 nationwide, Mexico's Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said.

                              The same virus also sickened at least eight people in Texas and California, though there have been no deaths north of the border, puzzling experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

                              Scientists have warned for years about the potential for a pandemic from viruses that mix genetic material from humans and animals. This outbreak is particularly worrisome because deaths have happened in at least four different regions of Mexico, and because the victims have not been vulnerable infants and elderly.

                              The most notorious flu pandemic, thought to have killed at least 40 million people worldwide in 1918-19, also first struck otherwise healthy young adults.

                              Authorities in the capital responded Friday with a sweeping shutdown of public places and events, urging people to stay home if they feel sick and to avoid shaking hands or kissing people on the cheeks.

                              Mexicans quickly got the message ? and wanted to make sure their family members did, too.

                              Cristina Ceron, a 55-year-old waitress, called her daughter as soon as she got off work. "Please keep your mouth covered. And don't you eat street food," she pleaded through a white surgical mask.

                              President Felipe Calderon said his government only discovered the nature of the virus late Thursday, with the help of international laboratories. "We are doing everything necessary," he said in a brief statement.

                              But the government had said for days that its growing flu caseload was nothing unusual, so the sudden turnaround, along with a flurry of warnings from disease experts, left many angry and confused.

                              "Why did it break out, where did it break out? What's the magnitude of the problem?" said pizzeria owner David Vasquez, who was taking his family out to see "Monsters vs. Aliens" at a movie theater despite the urging of health officials that city residents stay home Friday night.

                              It was his son's 10th birthday, and he couldn't bear to cancel their outing. Vasquez said he would keep the family home the rest of the weekend.

                              The outbreak even hit Mexico's beloved national pastime ? two sold-out football matches Sunday ? Pumas vs. Chivas and America vs. Tecos ? will be played in empty stadiums to prevent the spread of the disease.

                              Health workers also staffed the international airport and bus and subway stations, handing out masks and trying to steer away anyone who appeared sick. Many commuters wore masks, but there weren't enough to go around. One woman leaving a station nervously pulled her sweater over her face as her companion laughed and rolled his eyes.

                              A nearby pharmacy put up signs reading "We don't have masks" in black magic marker after selling out all 150 in stock.

                              Scientists have long been concerned that a new killer flu could evolve when different viruses infect a pig, a person or a bird, mingling their genetic material. The resulting hybrid could spread quickly because people would have no natural defenses against it.

                              The WHO was convening an expert panel this weekend to consider whether to raise the pandemic alert level or issue travel advisories. The CDC and Canadian health officials were studying samples sent from Mexico, and some governments around Latin America said they would monitor passengers arriving on flights from Mexico.

                              But it may be too late to contain the outbreak, given how widespread the known cases are. If the confirmed deaths are the first signs of a pandemic, then cases are probably incubating around the world by now, said Dr. Michael Osterholm, a pandemic flu expert at the University of Minnesota.

                              No vaccine specifically protects against swine flu, and it is unclear how much protection current human flu vaccines might offer.

                              A "seed stock" genetically matched to the new swine flu virus has been created by the CDC, said Dr. Richard Besser, the agency's acting director. If the government decides vaccine production is necessary, manufacturers would need that stock to get started. Actually producing the vaccines could take months.

                              The CDC says two flu drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, seem effective against the new strain. Roche, the maker of Tamiflu, said the company is prepared to immediately deploy a stockpile of the drug if requested. Both drugs must be taken early, within a few days of the onset of symptoms, to be most effective.

                              Cordova said Mexico has enough Tamiflu to treat 1 million people ? only one in 20 people in greater Mexico City alone ? and that the medicine will be strictly controlled and handed out only by doctors.

                              This swine flu and regular flu can have similar symptoms ? mostly fever, cough and sore throat, though some of the U.S. victims who recovered also experienced vomiting and diarrhea.

                              At Mexico's National Institute of Respiratory Illnesses, Adrian Anda waited to hear whether his 15-year-old daughter had the frightening new disease. She had been suffering a cough and fever for a week.

                              "If they say that it is, then we'll suffer. Until then, we don't want to think about it," he said.

                              Miguel Cruz, a 20-year-old office supply store employee, said his mother sent him to ask about vaccines at a public hospital. He was given masks instead, which he and his girlfriend wore as they relaxed in a plaza.

                              A little girl in dirty clothes came over to sell them candy. They gave her mask, too.

                              "You know, they stay here and end up sleeping on the streets," said Cruz, watching the giggling girl scamper off.

                              In Mexico City's Zona Rosa neighborhood, teenagers with spiky hair and tight jeans laughed at the danger.

                              "People are giving too much importance to something that isn't that big of a deal," said Oscar Zarate, 19, shouting over the loud music and the jostling crowd outside a packed night club.

                              But his friend Leroy Villaluna was slipping a blue surgical mask on and off.

                              "Well, I guess I am a little afraid," Villaluna said with an embarrassed laugh. "And also, my mom was worried and told me that if I had to go out I should at least cover my mouth."

                              _http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/6391778.html__
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                                Will those surgical masks actually give them any protection, or is it just a feel good im doing something factor.

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