TORONTO (AP) — Nova Scotia's chief public health officer says the east coast Canadian province has four confirmed cases of swine flu.# D' i4 V A0 A# T, k
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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 [6 r1 k% }( E! v& c( X 3 {5 @) V7 l+ Y" D' 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." 1 I7 @2 ^ L o Q0 g* N+ N6 w3 s - J& b/ ?. [; U+ q+ l9 DMexico's health minister says the disease has killed up to 86 people and likely sickened more than 1,400 since April 13. 1 c; l5 } }+ Z1 M- l4 c6 P( o$ w' p! n' I$ {0 }
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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.
2 ~: D m2 H5 h8 h ?5 |, w墨西哥城市政府卫生当局表示,已准备启动大型的疫苗注射行动,为尚未注射疫苗的市民,注射防止一般冬季流感的疫苗。政府说有50万剂疫苗,预备替医疗工作人员注射,但市区人口有2000万,部分地方供应短缺。 + T \$ D& o E {8 F" Z ^! p$ k6 I6 T' M) e( [4 N
中国驻墨西哥大使馆周五在网站公布24小时流感应急电话,并告知当地华侨、华人、中资机构人员和留学生等如有需要,可拨打此电话。但当地华人说居民仍如常出外,只是较多人戴口罩。) I2 W8 E$ A1 I' h' T- G