854 reported cases of severe atypical pneumonia and 59 death has been reported in Mexico as of last Thursday. There is no available vaccine to date for this flu. Experts have advised that the best precaution would be to keep the hands clean by washing to avoid being infected.
Quick facts:
1. Spread is from human to human
2. Currently no directives from WHO on health, travel and trade sanctions that each country has to abide to
3. Singapore and Malaysia to screen US arrivals at entry points
Definitions:
Endemic disease - a disease that is constantly present in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
Epidemic - Spreading rapidly and extensively by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time: an epidemic outbreak of influenza.
Pandemic - an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
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