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Chief public health officer says Canada over worst of swine flu
The Canadian Press
May 18, 2009 at 3:27 PM EDT
OTTAWA ? Canada's chief public health officer says the country has seen the worst of the swine flu ? for now.
Dr. David Butler-Jones told reporters Monday that it appears the virus is starting to wane for this season.
?It looks at this point like we're over the worst of it in Canada for this season,? he said.
?But, again, I'm going to hedge my bets on that because we're watching very closely and it's still within the incubation period of previous cases, so you could see a second spike
?But, so far, we've not seen that ... and the peak does appear to be ? in all three countries, actually, Mexico, the United States and Canada ? largely toward the end of April, beginning of May.?
Canada is lifting an advisory against non-essential travel to Mexico as cases of swine flu there start to level off.
The federal government says travel to Mexico ? the epicentre of the swine subtype of H1N1 ? is no longer a risk to Canadians since the virus has been spreading through Canada for some time.
The Canada Border Services Agency will continue to visually check travellers for signs of illness.
But the Public Health Agency of Canada will cease some Mexico-specific travel measures such as distributing health alert notices to passengers on direct flights to Mexico and having quarantine officers meet every direct flight entering Canada from Mexico.
News of the travel advisory being lifted comes as Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq attends the annual World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
There has so far been a confirmed total of 520 cases ? including one death ? of the strain of H1N1 in Canada.
Chief public health officer says Canada over worst of swine flu
The Canadian Press
May 18, 2009 at 3:27 PM EDT
OTTAWA ? Canada's chief public health officer says the country has seen the worst of the swine flu ? for now.
Dr. David Butler-Jones told reporters Monday that it appears the virus is starting to wane for this season.
?It looks at this point like we're over the worst of it in Canada for this season,? he said.
?But, again, I'm going to hedge my bets on that because we're watching very closely and it's still within the incubation period of previous cases, so you could see a second spike
?But, so far, we've not seen that ... and the peak does appear to be ? in all three countries, actually, Mexico, the United States and Canada ? largely toward the end of April, beginning of May.?
Canada is lifting an advisory against non-essential travel to Mexico as cases of swine flu there start to level off.
The federal government says travel to Mexico ? the epicentre of the swine subtype of H1N1 ? is no longer a risk to Canadians since the virus has been spreading through Canada for some time.
The Canada Border Services Agency will continue to visually check travellers for signs of illness.
But the Public Health Agency of Canada will cease some Mexico-specific travel measures such as distributing health alert notices to passengers on direct flights to Mexico and having quarantine officers meet every direct flight entering Canada from Mexico.
News of the travel advisory being lifted comes as Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq attends the annual World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
There has so far been a confirmed total of 520 cases ? including one death ? of the strain of H1N1 in Canada.