From Le Monde, Paris (May 2, 2009)
What news about “Le Grippe Porcine” in Paris"
http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2009/05/02/grippe-le-mexique-se-veut-rassurant-l-oms-dans-le-flou_1188223_3244.html#ens_id=1185166
The French paper Le Monde reports that “More than a week after the appearance in Mexico of the swine flu, the risks of a world pandemic and the gravity of the disease remain blurry (“flou demeure”)."
What news about “Le Grippe Porcine” in Paris"
http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2009/05/02/grippe-le-mexique-se-veut-rassurant-l-oms-dans-le-flou_1188223_3244.html#ens_id=1185166
The French paper Le Monde reports that “More than a week after the appearance in Mexico of the swine flu, the risks of a world pandemic and the gravity of the disease remain blurry (“flou demeure”)."
"The virus (A H1N1) has caused twenty deaths –nineteen in Mexico and one in the USA—and it has been reported from nineteen countries.” This international journal of record adds however, an interesting new twist on the way the germ may be transmitted.
In Canada
On Saturday, in Ottawa, (Canada) officials have announced that for the first time in the epidemic, the swine flu virus--H1V1—the human swine flu--has gone the other way--by infecting previously healthy porkers in a Canadian facility---while the source of the infection was probably an agricultural worker who arrived from Mexico. The officials add that both the man and all the hogs have been or are in the process of being cured. After analysis the experts confirmed that the pigs caught the human virus, adding that the sanitary and health authorities have stated that “the risque that these hogs can transmit the virus (back) to people is very slight."
"This announcement could have overall repercussion on the commerce of about fifteen countries," states the Le Monde article, "of which China and Russia, have large hog markets, and have interdicted or restrained the importation of pork and pork products derived from Canada, the US and Mexico. These three countries have appealed Saturday in a common declaration “ to avoid adding to the fear of the porcine flu by uselessly limiting commerce”.
"This announcement could have overall repercussion on the commerce of about fifteen countries," states the Le Monde article, "of which China and Russia, have large hog markets, and have interdicted or restrained the importation of pork and pork products derived from Canada, the US and Mexico. These three countries have appealed Saturday in a common declaration “ to avoid adding to the fear of the porcine flu by uselessly limiting commerce”.
In Egypt.
"According to World Health Organization (WHO), Egypt has begun to cull about 250,000 pigs raised on its territory, while that organization reports there is no evidence of any one person contaminated by swine flu in that country. While at the UN, in this regard, the FAO (the organisation united for food and agriculture stated in a communique that pork meats are not a source of infection when they are prepared according to the standard rules of hygiene.”
In Mexico.
In Mexico.
"Saturday, the Mexican authorities have determined that the virus seems to be in a “phase of stabilization”, but they judge at the same time, it is premature to announce a decline of the epidemic. After examining more than 1300 analyses the Minister of Health, Jose Angel Cordova has announced that each day we observe a diminution of the occurrence of grave cases, and mortality has diminished. In another sign of hope, the last confirmed deaths were announced on the 28th of April.
The balance sheet on the swine flu in Mexico, considered the source (“le foyer”) of the A H1N1 flu, is reported as 454 confirmed cases, or 57 more than in most-recent accounts, but only three new deaths have been tabulated. The (government) activities continue the process of “continuing the a slow down” having maintained as of Wednesday, the closing of restaurants, bars, cinemas, and tourist sites.
"In addition, some of these actions for health and sanitation have been (also) initiated in the subway (metro) where at present only a single main line remains in operation to avoid transportation chaos."
In spite of the declarations coming from Mexico, the WHO has indicated Saturday, that not knowing “when the pandemic is serious or benign--- we can not critique the Mexican government which must face a very complicated situation and which has been exceptionally cooperative when we have demanded information. This statement was made by Dr Michael Ryan, director of WHO research on world-alert-and-actions-in-the-case-of-an-epidemic". According to those in charge, the evolution of the situation “in the coming days in Europe will permit us to determine at which point the mutant virus is propagated, and if necessary the conditions for raising the pandemic alert to the maximum of level 6. The WHO had declared Wednesday the level to phase 5 or an “imminent” pandemic alert.
In spite of the declarations coming from Mexico, the WHO has indicated Saturday, that not knowing “when the pandemic is serious or benign--- we can not critique the Mexican government which must face a very complicated situation and which has been exceptionally cooperative when we have demanded information. This statement was made by Dr Michael Ryan, director of WHO research on world-alert-and-actions-in-the-case-of-an-epidemic". According to those in charge, the evolution of the situation “in the coming days in Europe will permit us to determine at which point the mutant virus is propagated, and if necessary the conditions for raising the pandemic alert to the maximum of level 6. The WHO had declared Wednesday the level to phase 5 or an “imminent” pandemic alert.
In France.
In France, 22 cases of possible flu are already under evaluation, while, two cases have been confirmed Friday night. Seven persons who have returned from Mexico and constitute “probable” cases have been hospitalized in the Paris region, and in Aquitane. And as well, the inter-ministerial group (Paris) has decided to advise against school trips to destinations in Mexico, New York, or those trips planned to pass through New York.
In the US.
In France, 22 cases of possible flu are already under evaluation, while, two cases have been confirmed Friday night. Seven persons who have returned from Mexico and constitute “probable” cases have been hospitalized in the Paris region, and in Aquitane. And as well, the inter-ministerial group (Paris) has decided to advise against school trips to destinations in Mexico, New York, or those trips planned to pass through New York.
In the US.
"On their side, the US has counted 160 confirmed cases (against 143 previously reported) in 21 states, but for the most part these are not serious cases. One death was reported in Texas. Faced with the unknown swine flu, President Barak Obama has explained that he would prefer to take too much precautions too early rather than not enough. The American health authorities do not exclude the possibility that the initial source of the virus (A H1N1) was found in the USA."
In China
In China, about fifty Mexican have been placed in isolation, the authorities having ordered these measures of quarantine after having identified on their soil the discovery of the Mexican disease—this reported on Sunday according to a diplomatic Mexican source in China. Mexico has reproached Peking, who previously suspended flights with Mexico, “of having isolated in an unjustified manner, Mexicans who have presented no symptoms.” In reprisal, Mexico has recommended to its traveling nationals to” avoid travel to China.”
In China
In China, about fifty Mexican have been placed in isolation, the authorities having ordered these measures of quarantine after having identified on their soil the discovery of the Mexican disease—this reported on Sunday according to a diplomatic Mexican source in China. Mexico has reproached Peking, who previously suspended flights with Mexico, “of having isolated in an unjustified manner, Mexicans who have presented no symptoms.” In reprisal, Mexico has recommended to its traveling nationals to” avoid travel to China.”
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