TORONTO (AP) — Nova Scotia's chief public health officer says the east coast Canadian province has four confirmed cases of swine flu.: g+ K* y8 F% Z. A0 j6 w
! `3 r. T0 S5 j8 H. q$ o; eChief 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./ q {- A4 Z9 K$ x; q7 d
9 V% U3 G" S0 a2 z5 O/ \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." , ~2 f; R0 g7 i# u( I, j* s8 U - }4 |: G* @# @& ]. n' q& V% \! P5 fMexico's health minister says the disease has killed up to 86 people and likely sickened more than 1,400 since April 13.5 o+ r: r U. E: n" l
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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.
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。 7 C) R" g" D; h4 K6 p7 w8 m
r" d. {2 f' S$ h1 Q/ V/ f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。! j8 ]% [# k: b! ^3 n6 e# W+ c _ y
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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。$ j9 u4 H8 J2 ]" J# H8 U9 w
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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。0 C5 F; y* e: y* A. x
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