April 26, 2009
TV is on and I’m listening to a report about swine flu. Already classified as an outbreak in Mexico, there are also suspected cases in the US, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Scotland. More than 80 people have died in Mexico and some 1,300 have been infected.
The World Health Organisation has warned the virus has the potential to become a pandemic, and has urged all governments to step up surveillance.
The concern seems to be that the symptoms are now appearing in people who have not had contact with pigs – the fear that it is spreading directly among people.
The World Health Organisation has warned the virus has the potential to become a pandemic, and has urged all governments to step up surveillance.
The concern seems to be that the symptoms are now appearing in people who have not had contact with pigs – the fear that it is spreading directly among people.
