Japan closes 4,000 schools over swine flu fears
Cases of Swine Flu have surged since the weekend in Japan forcing authorities to close schools and kindergardens as a precaution for the teenager-hit crowd.
Meanwhile the WHO (World Health Organization) says that making swine flu vaccine is harder than thought and will not be available until mid-July.
The WHO says 40 countries are now infected with H1N1 and have officially reported 8480 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection.
Bird Flu also keeps in headline news as Reuters reports a 4-year-old Egyptian girl has died after contracting the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, Egypt’s state news agency MENA said on Monday. Fears continue that the two could mix creating a potent virus deadly to humans. While it is expected that the flu virus will die down until later in the year, it is still an unknown as to what exactly will happen.
Currently the USA leads in cases of Swine flu (4714) followed by Mexico (3103), Canada (496), Japan (176), Spain (103) and the UK (101).
Issues of our time!
Could you provide for me the name of Mexico’s city
which have cases of Flu A(H1N1).
If you are traveling to Mexico it is best to check with the officials as to what and where outbreaks may be occurring. The nature of flu is that it “moves” around.
the use of face masks and boosting your immune system by taking lots of vitamin-C is still an effective way of preventing the spread of the Swine Flu virus.
Swine Flu is very dangerous as it affects children more than adults.it is important to teach kids how to stay healthy.parents are requested to not send their kids to school until the situations becomes better.