BBC:Swineflu parties a bad idea

Throwing "swine flu parties" in an attempt to get immunity against the virus while it is a fairly mild form is not a good idea, doctors say.
from BBC.co.uk

RIYADH : 5 more H1N1 cases

The Ministry of Health announced Thursday that five new cases of swine flu had been registered in the previous 24 hours in the Kingdom.

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Swine flu alerts: 1Million swine flu cases

US Swine Flu Cases May Have Hit 1 Million

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H1N1 swine flu alerts

Swine flu alert on Nepal’s borders with India and China
by Kalpit Parajuli
Nepali authorities had announced a special programme to stop the spread of the A-H1N1 virus, but on many border posts instructions and specialised staff have not yet arrived. Health Ministry tries to be reassuring, saying that it is ready top meet the challenge and that delays are due to recent instability caused by the appointment of the new government.
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Swine flu cases aka h1n1 cases

Iraq has announced its first case of swine flu h1n1 according to reuters.com

Also Serbia has confirmed its swine flu h1n1 case while Germany warns of swineflu mutation risk

Swineflu H1N1 cases in the world

Algeria 2, Antigua and Barbuda 2,Argentina 1213,Australia 2857,Austria 12 ,Bahamas 4 ,Bahrain 15,Bangladesh 1,Barbados 5,Belgium 30,Bermuda, UKOT 1,Bolivia 44,Brazil 334,British Virgin Islands, UKOT 1,Brunei Darussalam 4,Bulgaria 5 ,Cambodia 1 ,Canada 6457 ,Cap Verde 3,Cayman Islands, UKOT 7 ,Chile 4315,China 906,Colombia 71 ,Costa Rica 189,Cote d'Ivoire 20,Cuba 15,Cyprus 5 ,Czech Republic 7,Denmark 34, Dominica 1 ,Dominican Republic 108 ,Ecuador 115,Egypt 40,El Salvador 160,Estonia 5 ,Ethiopia 2,Fiji 2,Finland 26,France 171,French Polynesia, FOC 1
Martinique, FOC 2 ,Germany 301 ,Greece 58 ,Guatemala 235,Honduras 118 ,Hungary 7 ,Iceland 4,India 64 ,Ireland 23 ,Israel 375,Italy 96,Jamaica 19, Japan 893,Jordan 15,Korea, Republic of 115,Kuwait 26,Laos 3,Latvia 1 ,Lebanon 25,Luxembourg 3,Malaysia 68,Mexico 7847,Montenegro 1,Morocco 9,Netherlands 110,Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao * 3
Netherlands Antilles, Sint Maarten 1
New Zealand 386,Nicaragua 220,Norway 22,Oman 3,Panama 330,Papua New Guinea 1, Paraguay 58 ,Peru 217,Philippines 445,Poland 13,Portugal 6, Qatar 10 ,Romania 19 ,Russia 3,Samoa 1 ,Saudi Arabia 45 ,Singapore 194 ,Slovakia 4,Slovenia 1,South Africa 1,Spain 539,Sri Lanka 5,Suriname 11,Sweden 55,Switzerland 33,Thailand 774,Trinidad and Tobago 25 ,Tunisia 2 ,Turkey 26,Ukraine 1,United Arab Emirates 2 ,United Kingdom 2905,Isle of Man, Crown Dependency 1 ,Jersey, Crown Dependency 3, United States of America 21449,Uruguay 195,Vanuatu 1,Venezuela 135 ,Viet Nam 56, West Bank and Gaza Strip 8,Yemen 6 ,
Grand Total 55867 with h1n1 deaths at 238

Singapore h1n1 cases

From the latest update from WHO Singapore h1n1 cases reported stand at 194
But looking at online newspaper there now h1n1 in Singapore health officials have reported that there are 26 cases of H1N1 flu infections bringing the total Singapore h1n1 to a total of 220

Latest Newspaper articles on Singapore H1N1 are


-One in 5 H1N1 cases may go undetected
-Soldiers battle H1N1
-26 new H1N1 cases

Continue to the newspaper here

Swine flu cases aka h1n1 cases

Update 53 from WHO H1N1 pages tell us that Australia has reported so far 2857 cases of h1n1 and deaths from this h1n1 flu stands at 2

Argentina H1N1 cases

Update 53 from WHO H1N1 pages tell us that Argentina has reported so far 1213 cases of h1n1 and deaths from this h1n1 flu stands at 7

Thailand h1n1 cases and Bangkok h1n1 cases

When this whole story of h1n1 (大连 h1n1) broke people thought that it was just a myth, and back then leave alone imagining but in Bangkok there was no sign of it.
As I write this h1n1 article Thailand h1n1 cases today have confirmed more 69 h1n1 new cases and Bangkok h1n1 cases bringing the h1n1 cases in Thailand to 1,054, which 1,037 h1n1 had been cured.

Follow the h1n1 story as it develops on Bangkok post H1N1 pages here

Swine flu alerts

Papua New Guinea's health minister, Sasa Zibe, is currently being tested for swine flu.

Swineflu H1N1 2nd death in Australia

35 year old man diagnosed with swine flu dies
Swineflu H1N1 death in Australia read on
from news.com.au site

H1N1 cases so far

From Bangkok the newspapers are reporting as of this morning 125 new cases of H1N1 have been reported bringing the total of H1N1 flu cases in Thailand to 899

Swineflu H1N1 updates

Swine flu 'could infect up to half the population'

Health authorities told to set up testing and drug distribution centres in case of autumn outbreak

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H1N1 Vaccine

Novartis, Baxter in race for H1N1 flu vaccine
Novartis AG expects a vaccine for the H1N1 virus - to be available by the autumn as they have produced the first batch for testing.

Meanwhile, Baxter International Inc is in full-scale production of an A/H1N1 flu pandemic vaccine that could be ready for commercial use as early as next month.

refer always to reuters health news

H1N1 cases so far

H1N1 Pandemic updates:
The Thai government is distribute information booklets on ways to protect against the pandemic news from Bangkok post
The number of A(H1N1) influenza cases in Thailand had risen to 310 after 109 new cases were reported on Tuesday,

Free vaccines...nope...no no!

Novartis says won't give poor free H1N1 vaccines-FT:As well as Novartis, U.S. company Baxter International (BAX.N) and Europe's Sanofi-Aventis (SASY.PA), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) and Solvay (SOLB.BR) are working on vaccines. from have a read at reuters.com

Swineflu H1N1 updates from Bangkok

5 students infected with influenza (A)H1N1; 2 schools suspend classes.
Fact Sheet :

Thailand's total 2009 flu cases: 46

17 were workers at a Pattaya discotheque

4 were admitted to a Chon Buri hospital

5 were St Gabriel's school students

Thailand Nation newspapers

Comparing H1N1 with 1918 flu which killed millions

The "Spanish" influenza pandemic of 1918–1919, which caused ≈50 million deaths worldwide, remains an ominous warning to public health. Many questions about its origins, its unusual epidemiologic features, and the basis of its pathogenicity remain unanswered. The public health implications of the pandemic therefore remain in doubt even as we now grapple with the feared emergence of a pandemic caused by H5N1 or other virus. However, new information about the 1918 virus is emerging, for example, sequencing of the entire genome from archival autopsy tissues. But, the viral genome alone is unlikely to provide answers to some critical questions. Understanding the 1918 pandemic and its implications for future pandemics requires careful experimentation and in-depth historical analysis.

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H1N1 swine flu Pandemic speculations

The World Health Organization will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday as the H1N1 swine flu virus continues to spread around the globe, increasing the likelihood a pandemic will be declared.

Rich Versus Poor incase of an H1N1 pandemic

I read this article on H1n1 flu vaccine and thought would link it here for my readers

An increasing number of Western countries are signing agreements with vaccine makers guaranteeing them a certain number of doses should a pandemic occur. By locking up the supply in advance, they are making it even tougher for poor countries to get access to the shots they would need, critics say.

The whole article is here

H1N1 swine flu Pandemic speculations

Breaking News


Swineflu- H1N1 Flu 'pandemic' announcement awaited

There is speculation that world health bosses could declare the swine flu outbreak the first global flu pandemic for more than 40 years.

Be informed read the whole H1N1 article here

H1N1 travel case quarantined

First suspect H1N1 case at Mangalore
A passenger, who arrived at Mangalore airport from Egypt via Mumbai with suspected symptoms of swine flu has been quarantined at a government hospital.

Alert news from http://mkhabar.com/user_index.php

H1N1: How close are we to H1N1 being declared a Pandemic

Just In on H1N1

From the highest office of WHO
Influenza A(H1N1) - update 46


10 June 2009 -- As of 06:00 GMT, 10 June 2009, 74 countries have officially reported 27,737 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 141 deaths.

The breakdown of the number of laboratory-confirmed cases by country is given in the following table and map.

Map of the spread of Influenza A(H1N1): number of laboratory confirmed cases and deaths [png 200kb]
As of 06:00 GMT, 10 June 2009

Laboratory-confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the International Health Regulations (2005)

Print version of Swine flu H1N1 update here

H1N1 Flu as in Swine flu latest from round the globe

While in Bangkok
INFLUENZA A(H1N1)
Just read on nation newspaper that a school in Bangkok suspends classes after student infected by flu H1n1

H1N1: How close are we to H1N1 being declared a Pandemic

After a blackout for few weeks without being able to watch english news in my apartment today my BBC and Australian Network is back.

And only to listen to my news after a long darkness to find that H1N1 is almost getting to Pandemic.
BBC says that a sharp increase in swine flu cases in Australia may mean the infection has become a pandemic, the World Health Organization says.
Now let me hop over to WHO and see whats cooking about this swine flu H1N1 thing.

H1N1 Flu as in Swine flu latest

In the news:




- Mother dies of H1N1 swine flu after giving birth Chicago Breaking News
A pregnant Chicago woman became the fourth person in the state to die of the H1N1 swine flu a day after she gave birth officials said Wednesday ...
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