Swine Flu UPDATE:Scotland Reports First Swine Flu-H1N1 Death Outside The Americas
Swine Flu UPDATE:Scotland Reports First Swine Flu-H1N1 Death Outside The Americas on Sunday. This marks the first known death of a swine flu patient outside of the Americas, according to the latest World Health Organization information.
Not to cause panic, the Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon stressed most cases of “swine flu” are not severe.
(pic) Scottish Health Secretary, Nicola Sturgeon gives statement to the press about Scotland’s first Swine Flu death.
In a statement from fer family, “Jacqueline Fleming, 38, had been “ill in hospital for a number of weeks. Our whole family is absolutely devastated and we are doing everything we can to support Jacqueline’s sons and her partner.”
Without elaborating, the Scottish government stated, “She had ‘underlying health conditions’. We are now waiting for the results of the death certificate to determine the cause of death.”
WHO Reports
A total of 145 people had died from the H1N1 virus, know by many as the swine flu. Who officially knows the virus as H1N1.
Just last week, WHO declared that H1N1 had become a global pandemic. It was the organization’s first such announcement in more than 40 years. The global pandemic warning had been expected for weeks.
Who stated Thursday, June 11th, 2000, that, “Increasing the alert to Phase 6 does not mean that the disease is deadlier or more dangerous, only that it has spread to more countries.”
More than two thirds of the deaths were in Mexico, where the outbreak was first detected.
The U.S. follows with 27 deaths in the United States
Four in Canada
Two in Chile,
One in Colombia
One in Costa Rica
One in the Dominican Republic
One in Guatemala
As of Friday, June 12th, Who reports that the virus had spread to 74 countries and territories and there were 29,669 confirmed cases.
Scottish Health Secretary, Nicola Sturgeon, continued with, “Tragic though today’s death is, I would like to emphasize that the vast majority of those who have H1N1 are suffering from relatively mild symptoms. The risk to the general public remains low.”
The last pandemic was declared in 1968.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Sunday that the federal government could have a vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus ready by the fall if necessary.
“We are certainly making every effort to be totally prepared,” Sebelius said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” She added that, “the production of a swine flu vaccine could begin as early as the end of the summer and be ready by the fall if a vaccination program were ultimately recommended.”
“The good news is it still seems like not such a lethal virus. But we are fully prepared…Preparation is very much under way for what may happen this fall,” continued Sebelius.
“Further spread is considered inevitable,” stated WHO Director General Margaret Chan said at a news conference at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
“The virus is not stoppable,” she continued, “I would advise them to maintain vigilance, enhance surveillance and be prepared for the arrival of the novel H1N1 in their country.”
In the U.S., the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Homeland Security said those agencies have been acting for weeks as if Phase 6 were already in effect and no additional measures are planned. The U.S. has already declared a public health emergency starting on April 26th, 2009.
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I am so sorry to hear about the death of this person but God only knows how many people from all over the world has died from the regular flu and never even spoken about.
MAY GOD BLESS THE PERSON WHO DIED AND THEIR FAMILY NOW AND FOR ALL TIME AS I AM SURE HE WILL!!!