TORONTO (AP) — Nova Scotia's chief public health officer says the east coast Canadian province has four confirmed cases of swine flu. - d# D \2 J/ k' t, l2 Q0 p$ w4 F9 i4 G& ?0 f7 I
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.& h0 {! v% `0 F& R0 F4 G- e9 f+ O
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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."$ B1 D! C; p2 K w/ \5 o
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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.* I% |! W! P1 Y P8 |' }
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[ 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.