Showing posts with label flu outbreak at NY prep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flu outbreak at NY prep. Show all posts

Friday, April 24, 2009

OMG!! There Is A Possible Swine Flu Outbreak At A NY Prep School!


Well,this swine flu outbreak may have now spread to New York!It is becoming quite clear that this is being spread by human to human transmission.This virus is composed of human,bird,& swine flu,so scientists are stumped!

Usually,swine flu is spread from pig to human.The World Health Organization is concerned about the possibility of a flu pandemic arising out of this new strain of swine flu.Take every precaution that you possibly can.Because it appears to be spreading rapidly.Check this out from wcbstv.com:

"New York City health officials say that about 75 students at a Queens high school have fallen ill with flu-like symptoms and testing is under way to rule out the strain of swine flu that has killed dozens in Mexico.

The Health Department's Dr. Don Weiss said Friday that a team of agency doctors and investigators were dispatched to the private St. Francis Preparatory School the previous day after students reported fever, sore throat, cough, aches and pains. No one has been hospitalized.
The handful of sick students who remained at the school were tested for a variety of flu strains. If they're found to have a known human strain that would rule out swine flu.

Results could take several days. In the meantime, the school says it's postponing an evening event and sanitizing the building over the weekend.

Mexican authorities said 60 people may have died from a swine flu virus in Mexico, and world health officials worry it could unleash a global flu epidemic.

Mexico City closed schools, museums, libraries and state-run theaters across the metropolis Friday in hopes of containing the outbreak that has sickened more than 900.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said tests show some of the Mexico victims died from the same new strain of swine flu that sickened eight people in Texas and California. It's a frightening new strain that combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans.

The World Health Organization was looking closely at the 60 deaths - most of them in or near Mexico's capital. It wasn't yet clear what flu they died from, but spokesman Thomas Abraham said "We are very, very concerned."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.