H1N1 Update and the vaccine.

*credit WHO* http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html
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I haven't update the H1N1 situation in my blog for quite some time. I have, however, still been following it. It's rather overwhelming right now with the amount of news, changes in priorities for vaccination and the silly rumours. The important thing is it's just a flu shot, like any flu shot, prepared the same way just targeting one specific flu. The seasonal shots are always a guessing game. Some years they are the right strain, other years... not so much.

I also found out today that I am a priority! Not necessarily a list on which I want to be a priority but heck, I'll take it as I'm important!

H1N1 Flu, WHO

http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL968732._CH_.2400

WHO getting close to declaring H1N1 pandemic


11:51am EDT
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was getting close to declaring a full-blown pandemic caused by the H1N1 virus, which has infected more than 26,500 people in 73 countries.

Keiji Fukuda, acting WHO assistant director-general, voiced concern at the sustained spread of the new strain in countries including Australia following major outbreaks in North America. Confirmed community spread in a second region would trigger moving to phase 6 from phase 5 on its 6-level pandemic alert scale.

Fukuda, asked whether there was any doubt that a pandemic was under way, told a weekly teleconference: "We are really getting very close to that."

(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay, editing by Andrew Dobbie)

H1N1 Flu update

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Credit: WHO

H1N1 flu, world cases as per the WHO.

*Credit WHO*


http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/history_map/InfluenzaAH1N1_maps.html


I posted the earlier map on May 19th, 4 days ago. Since then 2 more countries have cases and the total world number has risen by 2,192. This is far from over.

Wash your hands!

H1N1 flu

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html

The World Health Organization site: excellent info.