Swine Flu Update 050509

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Happy Tuesday to you. Actually, Happy Cinco de Mayo, "fifth of May." The day where some celebrate Mexican army's unlikely defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.

Well today, Mexico is starting up a new battle. This time with China. They are going their to get their people out of the country. China on a hunt for anything Mexican and anyone that has come into contact with anyone Mexican. I'm not kidding. I know some of you think that the US is going over board with the Swine Flu thing. What do you think about this? According to BBC News - Mexico starts China flu airlift

A Mexican plane has arrived in China to collect dozens of Mexicans who have been quarantined because of fears they may be infected with swine flu.

About 70 Mexicans were confined despite just one confirmed case of the virus.

The issue sparked a diplomatic row, with Mexico accusing China of targeting its citizens unfairly, and Beijing saying it was a "purely medical" issue.

Some 26 people have died of the virus in Mexico and more than 1,000 cases have been reported in 20 countries.

But just one fatality has been recorded outside Mexico - a two-year-old Mexican boy who died in the US while on a visit.

In other developments:

• The World Health Organization says 1,124 people around the world have so far contracted the H1N1 swine flu virus. However, WHO figures often lag behind those announced by national government laboratories

• Mexico puts the number of infections within its borders at 727, higher than the WHO's figure of 529

• President Felipe Calderon appears on Mexican TV praising the country's precautions against swine flu. "Thousands of lives have been saved not only in Mexico but in the world," Mr Calderon said

• In the UK, delivery begins of specially-produced leaflets offering advice on swine flu and advice on how to prevent its spread

• South Korea reports its second confirmed case of swine flu, the first instance of human-to-human transmission in Asia.

Second row brewing

The row between Mexico and China developed after a 25-year-old man who had flown from Mexico to Shanghai and Hong Kong was diagnosed with swine flu - or H1N1.

CONFIRMED CASES
Mexico: 101 suspected deaths - 26 confirmed; 727 confirmed cases
US: One death, 286 confirmed cases
Canada: 140 confirmed cases
Spain: 54 confirmed cases
UK: 27 confirmed cases

China decided to track down everyone on his flight and put them into quarantine. It also isolated everyone in the traveller's hotel in Hong Kong.

Mexican officials say more than 70 of their citizens in China have been confined. It is not yet clear whether or not these people had any contact with the infected traveller.

About 50 are being held in Shanghai in two five-star hotels, with 10 in Beijing and several more in the city of Wenzhou.

A charter plane landed in Shanghai at about 1300 local time (0500 GMT) to pick up the first group of Mexicans.

The flight will then stop in Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong before returning to Mexico City.

One traveller quarantined in Beijing told Mexican radio that soldiers were guarding the hotel gates.

"This is like a kidnapping for us," Mirna Elisa Berlanga said.

Mexico has issued strongly-worded statements over the past few days condemning Beijing's response.

"I think it's unfair that, because we have been honest and transparent with the world, some countries and places are taking repressive and discriminatory measures because of ignorance and disinformation," said Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu denied there was any discrimination, saying: "The measures concerned are not targeted at Mexican citizens. This is purely a medical quarantine issue."

Meanwhile, another diplomatic row could be brewing after Canada asked China to explain why a group of at least 20 Canadian students had been quarantined in the north-eastern town of Changchun.

Canada said none of the students had shown any flu symptoms.

The US embassy said on Tuesday that four American citizens had also been quarantined in China due to swine flu fears.

So here is your official CDC update for Tuesday, May 5, 2009

CDC continues to take aggressive action to respond to an expanding outbreak caused by novel H1N1 flu.

CDC’s response goals are to:

Reduce transmission and illness severity, and Provide information to help health care providers, public health officials and the public address the challenges posed by this emergency. CDC continues to issue and update interim guidance daily in response to the rapidly evolving situation. CDC will issue updated interim guidance for clinicians on how to identify and care for people who are sick with novel H1N1 flu illness. This guidance will provide priorities for testing and treatment for novel H1N1 flu infection. The priority use for influenza antiviral drugs during this outbreak will be to treat people with severe flu illness.

CDC has completed deployment of 25 percent of the supplies in the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) to all states in the continental United States. These supplies and medicines will help states and U.S. territories respond to the outbreak. In addition, the Federal Government and manufacturers have begun the process of developing a vaccine against the novel H1N1 flu virus.

Response actions are aggressive, but they may vary across states and communities depending on local circumstances. Communities, businesses, places of worship, schools and individuals can all take action to slow the spread of this outbreak. People who are sick are urged to stay home from work or school and to avoid contact with others, except to seek medical care. This action can avoid spreading illness further.

Alabama 4
Arizona 17
California 30
Colorado 7
Connecticut 2
Delaware 20
Florida 5
Idaho 1
Illinois 8
Indiana 3
Iowa 1
Kansas 2
Kentucky* 1
Louisiana 7
Maryland 4
Massachusetts 6
Michigan 2
Minnesota 1
Missouri 1
Nebraska 1
Nevada 1
New Hampshire 1
New Jersey 7
New Mexico 1
New York 73
North Carolina 1
Ohio 3
Oregon 3
Pennsylvania 1
Rhode Island 1
South Carolina 15
Tennessee 1
Texas 41 1
Utah 1
Virginia 3
Wisconsin 3
TOTAL (36) 279 cases 1 death

Be right back with the story about the MMD Threat. {Mainstream Media Drones} Journalism is truly dead.
Peter