TORONTO (AP) — Nova Scotia's chief public health officer says the east coast Canadian province has four confirmed cases of swine flu. ( `1 W9 O7 x8 ^/ S/ G! j" i6 B" |6 v' ?7 {
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.& D# }; T' v1 }) J8 z" Q# E! \
. C5 [8 k6 P+ f, I$ VCanadian 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."( b8 X& }5 z Q* m7 _
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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.: y( V, ?3 _# O/ r
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.
中新网4月26日电 据法新社26日最新消息，墨西哥卫生部长称，可能已有81人死于猪流感，其中20人已被证实。此外，美国堪萨斯州证实又有两人死于猪流感，这使得美国因该病死亡的人数升至10人。 # z& o! x# E. T) C) p) w1 k" w! H8 c
# i6 r1 t0 w. H早先报道称，墨西哥和美国近日惊传猪流感，其中墨国的形势渐趋紧张，首都墨西哥城实行25年来最彻底的“封城”行动，前日已关闭市内学校、博物馆、图书馆、电影院，民众恐慌性抢购口罩，又赶到医院和诊所，希望打防流感的疫苗。" u# x4 p, L* i# q# Y
- m+ E [, p( a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。1 M$ n+ i$ r3 f; j' }' i
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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。4 [5 C) D9 a: i; Y, e
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