• Health minister says new bout would be a 'nightmare' • World Health Organisation donates 3.5m vaccine doses South Africa faces a health crisis if a swine flu outbreak strikes during the World Cup this year, the health minister Aaron Motsoaledi told parliament today. "One of our biggest nightmares is the fact that 2010 is going to be held in June when there is a possibility of another bout of H1N1," Motsoaledi said. The month-long tournament, hosted in Africa for the first time, is expected to attract 450,000 tourists during the South African winter. Motsoaledi said the department of health had managed to acquire 1.3m doses of the H1N1 vaccine and another 3.5m doses from the World Health Organisation. "We received a letter from the World Health Organisation that they are going to donate to South Africa 3.5m doses of H1N1 which will arrive in this country by March," he said, adding that the WHO donation saved South Africa about 250m rand (£20m). The WHO, which declared swine flu a pandemic in June last year, has been in discussions with South African government officials on how to reduce the risk of the influenza spreading at the tournament. [...more]
According to Health Minister Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, the country has recorded its first swine flu death. The victim, a 38 - year old woman from Bayelsa state was a frequent traveler to the United States even though she lived in Lagos. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine) [...more]
Sequel to the outbreak of the A: H1N1 also known as swine flu which claimed two lives in Nigeria, Federal Government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have begun talks on the possibility of providing the country with swine flu vaccines. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine) MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources. [...more]
Michael Fumento's assertion that the swine flu epidemic predicted for this flu season was a medical scandal ignores the enormous effort of the country's public-health sector to mitigate the potential seriousness of this disease. ... [...more]
NEW DELHI - A whopping 16 swine flu deaths, 13 from Gujarat alone, were reported Monday, taking the toll due to the contagious virus in the country to 1136, health department officials said. [...more]
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Mexico -- the epicenter of last year's swine flu outbreak -- has received less than half of the 30 million vaccine doses it ordered last year, the country's health secretary said Tuesday. (Source: WDSU.com - Health) [...more]
NEW DELHI - Sixteen swine flu deaths were reported in India, taking the toll in the country due to the Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 990, health authorities said here Monday. [...more]
India's swine flu toll touches 990, over...Also, 105 new swine flu cases were recorded in the...While five deaths were recorded in the country Mon...Seven deaths were reported in Maharashtra, taking ...While three deaths were reported ... [...more]
In essence he asked the country's flu establishment how well the US handled swine flu . None of his sources are CDC employees but all of them are deeply involved in flu and flu policy in one way or another. And they gave themselves a big ... [...more]
