Posted Apr 30th 2009, 06:20 am in International by Fatty

Below are some of the countries that have been effected by the swine flu and countries that haven't had any cases yet.  Stay away from the SWINE!!!!!!!!

MEXICO

Cases: 159 deaths and more than 2,500 infections are thought to have been caused by swine flu, said Jose Angel Cordova, Mexico's health secretary.

Only 26 cases -- 19 infections and seven deaths -- have been confirmed by laboratory tests in Mexico and reported to the World Health Organization.

Measures: Mexico City has closed its schools and universities until further notice. It has also ordered restaurants only to serve takeaway meals, so customers do not congregate. In addition, bars, clubs, movie theaters, pool halls, gyms, sport centers and convention halls have been told to close until May 5.

Troops passed out 4 million filter masks in the city of 20 million residents.

Officials are considering shutting down the bus and subway systems.

Citizens are asked to avoid large crowds, refrain from kissing, and stay at least six feet from one another.

The World Bank is offering $205 million to deal with the outbreak.

THAILAND

Cases: None.

Measures: Airport officials are keeping a closer eye on passengers arriving from Mexico.

The health ministry is calling the virus "the flu that has caused an outbreak in Mexico," so that the public does not confuse "swine flu" with "bird flu." The ministry also said it did not want to hurt the pork industry.

CANADA

Cases: Six mild cases

Measures: Issued a travel health notice, saying its public health agency was "tracking clusters of severe respiratory illness with deaths in Mexico."

UNITED STATES

Cases: 91 confirmed by the CDC spread across 10 states. One of those cases was fatal, but the majority are not severe, according to acting CDC chief Dr. Richard Besser. Five patients have been hospitalized, including the 23-month-old child who died, he said.

Among the new cases not included in the CDC figures:

A Nassau County, New York, resident tested positive for swine flu, the county health department said Tuesday night. The resident is "associated" with the St. Francis Preparatory School in Queens, where at least 28 of the United States' 64 confirmed cases were reported after several students returned from a trip to Cancun, Mexico. The Nassau County information was not included in a CDC tally released at 11 p.m. Tuesday.

A college student in Indiana tested positive for swine flu and is recovering, state health officials said. They attributed the test confirmation to the CDC. The case has not yet been included in CDC's latest figures.

California's public health department confirmed 11 swine flu cases -- one more than CDC figures.

CHINA

Cases: None

Measures: Banned pork imports from Mexico, and from California, Kansas and Texas in the United States.

COSTA RICA

Cases: Two. A 21-year-old woman who returned from Mexico on Saturday tested positive, the Costa Rican health ministry said. Swine flu also has been diagnosed in a 30-year-old man, said ministry spokesman Roy Alvarada. Neither case is on the WHO list.

GERMANY

Cases: Three. None of the cases has resulted in deaths, said the Robert Koch Institute -- Germany's disease control center. The positive tests were not included in the WHO tally.

The German cases were: a 22-year-old woman in Hamburg who displayed flu-like symptoms after a trip to Mexico; a man in his late 30s being treated in the city of Regensburg in the southern state of Bavaria; and a 37-year-old woman in Bavaria who also had traveled to Mexico.

INDIA

Cases: None 

Measures: Indian health officials advised citizens to postpone their non-essential travel to the swine flu-hit regions.

INDONESIA

Cases: None

Measures: Increased surveillance; testing the temperatures of travelers flying into the country.\

JAPAN

Cases: None

Measures: The foreign ministry suspended visa waivers for visitors from Mexico.

Airport officials are checking passengers before they disembark.

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1 Comment

taybaybay - Apr 30th 2009, 10:41 pm

this is scary! i was suppose to go to mexico but it got cancelled bc of the swine flu outbreak!

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