As WHO begins its 59th session of the WHO regional committee for the Africa at the conference centre of Serena hotel in Kigali today said in a weekend report that till today they are 3,872 laboratory confirmed cases of swine flu along with 11 deaths in 21 African countries.
The report showed that South Africa topped the table with 3, 485 cases. Countries like Kenya, Mauritius, Tanzania. Cape Verde, Namibia, Algeria, Ghana and Cameroun have reported their cases following South Africa. Nigeria is the only country to report is swine case yet.
Director General of WHO said that the swine flu virus is spreading faster than other flu virus and young adults with good health are the 40 per cent target to the virus. He also said that the virus travel in speed that is unheard. It has the capacity to travel the same distance in six weeks the other virus would take six months to cover.
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Since the fear of swine flu is increasing day by day the government of South Korea has planned to check the temperature of all the children in the school every day. As they say that this step might help to battle the spread of H1N1 virus.
Officials of the Education Ministry said that school authorities are trying to buy thermometers to check the temperature daily. This plan is going to be implemented for about 7.5 million at 11,000 schools next week across the nation.
Till now about 46 schools have been closed and some are delaying their reopening after summer vacation due the high speed spread of flu virus.
Fear of the swine flu virus is increasing since South Korea met two swine flu deaths. A third death was reported on late Thursday. The victim was a 67 year old man. Along with the H1N1 virus he was also suffering from pneumonia. The working schools are avoiding festivals and other group gatherings.
Today health ministry said that the government is planning to vaccinate about 13.7 million starting in November.
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On Mexico health ministry said that the country’s swine flu toll rises to 179 and within a week 15 more deaths were recorded.
Mexico becomes the third most affected country in after US and Argentina with 20,681 swine flu infected cases.
All the country’s are affected since the epidemic began in April but now the central and southern regions are worst affected.
Mexico has now asked World Bank loan of about 400 million dollars to help finance to buy the 20 million swine flu vaccines it has ordered in the course of preparation for an predictable renaissance of the virus.
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Yesterday South Africa has confirmed its eighth confirmed swine flu death. The victim was a pregnant women and she is the second pregnant women resident of Eastern Cape woman. The news was confirmed by International Institute for communicable diseases.
The woman was 38 years old and was at her third month of pregnancy. Died at Dora Nginza Hospital in Port Elizabeth she was getting treatment for TB.
The institution said that throughout the country there are 3485 laboratory confirmed cases of swine flu. But most of the cases have only mild attack.
The institution has also asked the public to practice basic hygiene such as washing the hands regularly, closing the mouth and nose with a tissue or sleeve while coughing and sneezing.
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On Sunday the health official of South Africa said that the death rate of country has rised to six in two weeks making the country the most affected one in the continent by the epidemic.
Including two pregnant women aged 23 and 27 and a 60 year old man died last week.
Fidel Hadebe a national health spokesman said “Swine flu fatalities in the country now stand at six this makes us the leading country in Africa with the most H1N1 case load and fatalities.” He also said that the losses were from different provisions.
According to the health department the country in now dealing with 2800 cases.
Ref: AFP
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Officially South Africa has declared swine flu as a deadly disease. Till now South Africa has three death cases and 83 infections have been confirmed in the Eastern Cape and 53 confirmed cases in East London.
Kristen Brook, 21-years-old preschool teacher living in Greenfields was infected by the H1N1 virus. She has advised the people not to be panic about the swine flu infection.
Brook said that she was been suffering from dry throat, constant cough and headaches from July 26. She said that “At this point it felt as if I was coming down with the normal flu and I slept, only to wake up the following day feeling worse than I was before running a high temperature.”
When Brook visited a doctor on Tuesday she was prescribed with pain killers and medicine for fever and cough. But still she was not able to recover.
“My temperature was not going down even after I had taken the medication; instead it was going higher and was running at 38.5°C and my whole body and bones, even my spine, were very sore.” Said Brook.
When brook was not able to recover after her first to the doctor, she again visited the doctor the following day since she was not able to bear her high fever and she felt her chest very tight. Doctors enquired brook that whether she had any contact with the person who had traveled overseas. She replied NO.
A sample of her saliva was sent to H1N1 virus test. By this time…. brook said
“By this time I was feeling worse. My head was aching, I had a runny nose and my temperature was sitting at 39.5°C.” The test result came on August 2 after spending a week in bed which confirmed that she was infected by the H1N1 virus.
“When the doctor told me I had the H1N1 virus, I was relieved to at least know what I had been suffering from. But because I was already feeling better, I was not scared.”
“It did come as a surprise to me because I did not at any time come into contact with anyone who had been overseas,” said Brook.
She also added that the swine flu was like other normal flu and is curable and thus she asked the public not to get disturbed.
“All you need to do is just stay at home, relax and do not put any physical strain on your body. All I did was sleep all the time and here I am, fine,” said Brook.
As preventive measure brooks mother and sister were off their work.
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