TORONTO (AP) — Nova Scotia's chief public health officer says the east coast Canadian province has four confirmed cases of swine flu. 5 z/ _# j. c# K/ V0 {5 i3 U) ^$ ^7 g0 j) f0 t
Chief 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. 0 }9 ~* j) |$ B8 o2 B. B, B . Y5 w$ A$ w* f0 B0 J- U' eCanadian 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." / D! {0 e3 @1 D' ^& P K1 }. E% _# n! t2 F" f( \* R/ N# w6 J
Mexico's health minister says the disease has killed up to 86 people and likely sickened more than 1,400 since April 13. h4 b$ W5 E1 ]# J) t 8 e) ~. t5 u; Y5 E O, g+ H7 U[ 本帖最后由 billzhao 于 2009-4-26 12:29 编辑 ]
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.