The Associated Press has reported that the swine flu virus has now spread to 11 states in the US with 100 schools being shut down amidst the first US swine flu death. President Obama has declared that "this obviously is a serious situation". The total confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus have now risen to 100 with more being suspected.
Particular concern has been in New York, since the number of cases has increased to 51. Two Brooklyn schools were closed on Wednesday due to a large outbreak where at one school around 80 school children called in sick. President Obama has stated that it is recommended by public health officials that schools that have confirmed or suspected cases to close temporarily so can be safe as possible.
The World Health Organization, based in Geneva, has now increased their alert to Level 5 which is one notch below a full global pandemic .
In Mexico, to date there are a suspected 159 deaths related to the H1N1 virus and almost 2,500 swine flu related illnesses.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment