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Date: 31st August 2009

Alvaro Uribe was hit by the H1N1 virus after his return from a regional summit in Argentina.

The official spokesmen said on Sunday that president is doing well after the treatments.

The president Alvaro suffered from the symptoms on Saturday and when he underwent a medical check up he was confirmed that he had the H1N1 virus, render by the spokesman statement.

The statement also added that the president continuous to work and he will be isolated for sometime till he recovers.

The spokesman also said the president office has sent a report to governments of other countries that took part in the summit to check if anyone else has been affected by the swine virus.

It also added that the people who came in close contact with the president are also being monitored.

Till now Colombia has reported 34 swine deaths along with 621 infected cases while Latin America the worlds most affected region reported 1,300 deaths.

Uribes frequent detractor Chavez said that he feels sorry for Uribe and he hopes that the virus does not affect his over all health and nobody else comes down for the virus. He also added that the president will be soon early as he is young and he exercise regularly.

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Date: August 29, 2009

Officials of the United Nations say that humans have no threat from the swine flu virus in turkeys.

Near Valparaiso two farms were hit by the swine flu virus.

The rejoinder of the authorities after discovering the virus in turkeys is: reporting to international organizations, starting a new quarantine and making the infected to cure rather then killing them. These steps sounds better says the chief veterinary officer of FAO.

Once when the turkeys are cured from the flu, turkey dispensation can recommence without any risk.

FAO said that in Canada, Argentina and Australia the transmission of swine flu virus from farm staff with flu like symptoms to animals has occurred.

So the department has asked farms all over the world to keep the infected animal’s way from the staff and other animals and the infected staff away from the animals.

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Date: 27th August 2009

Brazil America’s largest country has the highest swine flu death rate in the world a report from the health ministry says.

The report also says that till now 557 people have died of swine flu in Brazil. While Argentina is in the third place with 439 deaths and US in the second place.

With all these news an estimation released on Tuesday gives a warning. The warning is terrible. It shows that up to 90,000 possible deaths from a probable swine flu outburst.

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As the swine flu, vaccination is going to be introduced in October the doctors are urged to watch for cases of Guillian-Barre syndrome, a rare nerve disorder. This disorder affects the nervous system and could sever paralysis sometimes even death.

In 1976, the American officials prepared a vaccine following an outburst of swine flu in the military camp. About 40 million people received the vaccination. After the vaccination, the doctors received an increase report in Guillain-Barre and about 25 people died before the programme was stopped.

The government scientist have said that they are not sure whether the disorder is due to vaccine or the flu and the current flu vaccine to be introduced is different from the one introduced thirty year ago. Therefore, the doctors are reporting every cases of the Guillian-Barre syndrome to the health protection agency so that they can investigate the condition of each patient.

Sources says that till now no experts have spot the disorder case linked with the vaccination. It also said that this nervous disorder could be caused by infections like flu, so the new vaccination porgramme can be established to treat this syndrome also. Till now Britain has 1,500 syndrome cases this year.

Spokesman of the health protection agency said that when introducing a new vaccine all the possible side effects are monitored. People suffering from asthma, diabetes, Heart disease, kidney disorders or people with a compromised immune system will get the vaccine jab from October. Nearly 13 million people in Britain and pregnant women, vanguard health and social care workers also are offered the vaccine. And the seasonal flu vaccination will be continued as usual.

He also said that the Guillain-Barre syndrome has been identified as a potential one that requires improved scrutiny following the introduction of a dreadful disease vaccine. He also added that there is no increased risk of this syndrome from the swine flu vaccination.

Establishing improved scrutiny on Guillain-Barre syndrome is always a part of the pandemic plan because there is an increase risk to this disorder after a flu-like symptom. The spokesman also said that the doctors of all the hospital are told report every month whether they have treated any cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome. In preparing the vaccine for the swine flu a similar vaccines has been carried to assess the safety and the immune responses. It has shown a very good result with no side effects.

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GlaxoSmithKline has started to test the swine flu vaccine on humans. He announced this on Friday and his plans to make 16 clinical trails for the vaccine on thousands of humans who are selected from North America and Europe. The spokesman of the company said that the vaccine will be on the market soon and they have planned to give the first does on September. While the other drug making companies have begun testing their own swine flu vaccine.


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Date: 12th August 2009

The Iraqi Health Ministry released report on Wednesday it contained 96 people got affected by A/H1N1 virus, including 67 people among the U.S. soldiers in the country.

So far, the total the country climbed to 96 cases registered, with only one teenage girl death registered in the city of Najaf several days back.

Health officials and experts here have warned governments transversely the world that the latest beckon of swine flu may possibly badly hit nation in the poor and least-prepared parts of the world.

Jubier confirmed that the majority of the cases in the country were detecting among the U.S. soldiers with 67 cases, while 29 cases are Iraqis, together with 11 in Baghdad alone.

He said that all the patients are treating well by giving medical treatment and in steady situation.

The Health Ministry spokesman informed On Aug 9, A/H1N1 flu cases registered in the country at 67, as well as 39 among American soldiers.

Previous this week, the ministry confirmed the primary A/H1N1 flu death of 21-year-old lady in the city of Najaf, she is situated some 160 km south of Baghdad.

A/H1N1 influenza is a respiratory infection with symptoms normally including upper respiratory troubles, but the air-borne complaint can cause severe pneumonia and it cause death.

In glow of its speedy spread worldwide, the World Health Organization in June raised the A/H1N1 on the alert to its peak level; properly declaring it had residential into a global pandemic.

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