TORONTO (AP) — Nova Scotia's chief public health officer says the east coast Canadian province has four confirmed cases of swine flu. 5 n; t" Q3 U$ T7 ^ . u4 A4 n% g" T: `3 ZChief Public Health officer Dr. Robert Strang says Sunday four students from King's-Edgehill School in Nova Scotia ranging in age from 12 to 17 or 18 are recovering. All of them had what he describes as "very mild" cases of the flu. 4 H3 \6 H3 b9 N0 `: i/ I. Z: \" n2 O
Canadian officials are planning a briefing today in Ottawa on the swine flu situation, which the World Health Organization has declared to be a "public health emergency of international concern."' I! z; _ \ @$ G; z6 d% |
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Mexico's health minister says the disease has killed up to 86 people and likely sickened more than 1,400 since April 13." U V! o) Z+ j" N6 Z4 h p
Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that regularly cause outbreaks of influenza among pigs. Swine flu viruses do not normally infect humans, however, human infections with swine flu do occur, and cases of human-to-human spread of swine flu viruses has been documented.