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豬流感殺到 卑詩確認2宗 全加國6宗         
2009年4月27日

http://www.mingpaovan.com/htm/News/20090427/vaa1h.htm

【明報專訊】全球關注的豬流感確定已進入卑詩，卑詩疾病控制中心(CDC)昨日證實，低陸平原出現2宗感染個案，患者僅有輕微的徵狀，不需入院。不過卑詩疾病控制中心認為這只是「剛剛開始」，該中心已經進入高度戒備狀態，準備處理可能爆發更多的感染個案。

官方周日證實﹐豬流感已入侵加拿大﹐全國確認6宗豬流感病例﹐斯高沙省有4宗﹑卑詩省兩宗﹐6宗病例都與墨西哥旅遊有關。衛生當局警告說﹐儘管目前的豬流感病例全屬輕微病症﹐但人們不可掉以輕心﹐日後可能爆發更嚴重的病症﹐甚至死亡病例。衛生部長呼籲民眾採取預防措施﹐避免人傳人病例。

聯邦官員說﹐他們開始跟藥商討開發新疫苗的可能。

安省首席衛生官威廉斯醫生(Dr. David Williams)報告﹐目前省內沒有確認豬流感病例。醫療機構已接獲衛生通告﹐要特別留意嚴重呼吸系統疾病、患者有沒有到過墨西哥。

目前加拿大確認的6宗病例﹐病人都與墨西哥旅行有關。6個病人的情況不太嚴重﹐他們不用住院治療。

聯邦衛生部長阿盧卡克(Leona Aglukkaq)周日說﹐她與各省衛生廳長保持聯繫﹐並命令公眾衛生局(Public Health Agency of Canada)﹐向邊境、檢疫和其他官員發出警告。

衛生部要求機場海關人員提高戒備﹐小心查看有沒有人出現流感症狀﹐機場人員已特別要求兩名乘客﹐接受身體檢查。

阿盧卡克呼籲公眾採取「重要而簡單的預防措施」﹐包括經常洗手﹐咳嗽和打噴嚏時掩住口鼻。如果身體不適﹐應留在家中﹐避免接觸他人。

聯邦外交部長康農(Lawrence Cannon)說﹐內閣已設立行動委員會﹐密切監控豬流感形勢。外交部在網站上發放資料﹐報告墨西哥衛生情況﹐但沒要求國民停止到墨西哥出行。

斯高沙4個學生證實感染豬流感﹐病症輕微。斯高沙省溫莎(Windsor)的金－埃奇希爾學校(King's -Edgehill School)校長西格拉姆說﹕「在過去幾日生病的學生﹐全部康復得很好﹐或已經完全康復。」衛生局人員周日說﹐一些學生感到疲乏、肌肉痛和咳嗽﹐但與一般人患流感症狀沒有不同。

斯高沙省首席衛生官斯特朗醫生(Dr. Robert Strang)說﹐4人是「非常輕微」的豬流感病例。

加拿大的豬流感病例不及墨西哥嚴重﹐但衛生部說﹐這不等於病毒對加拿大沒有威脅。墨西哥共有1,614 宗疑似和確認病例﹐其中103人死亡。

官員也說﹐他們擔心現有治療方法不足以抵禦病毒侵襲﹐已開始與製藥公司討論生產新疫苗。

加拿大首席醫務官巴特勒－瓊斯(David Butler-Jones)說﹐國內確認的首批患者﹐可能病症輕微﹐但千萬不能自滿﹐「那不等於我們不會出現嚴重甚至死亡病例」。

聯邦政府設立電話熱線和網址﹐為民眾提供豬流感消息。熱線電話﹕1-800-454-8302 ﹔網址﹕www.fightflu.ca ﹑www.voyage.ca ﹑www.phac.gc.ca。

另外，菲律賓北部一省的地方政府官員，指當地豬隻疑似爆發豬流感，近日大批豬隻死亡，但中央政府否認有疫情。巴西傳媒報道，聖保羅一名男子從墨西哥返國後出現流感徵狀，現時正在醫院接受隔離。

Nam

ai... I'm going on cruise in two weeks... and the cruise will stop by cozumel, Mexico....
which make me worry a lot...

I will just stayed on the boat that day...

Lik

If it's in China, they will just bash the Chinese for spreading it.
peter236 發表於 2009-4-26 16:27

You're quite correct. Because if it were to happen in China, Grandfather will try to put a lid on it for as long as possible. You would never hear about it the moment it breaks out like they did down in Mexico. And then when the news is finally to big to cover up or even contain, the mainland news agency would grossly under-report the number of  cases and more importantly, the number of deaths.

Don't even bother trying to argue with me about this because this was exactly what happened with the avian flu (and to a lesser extent, during SARS as well).

-Lik

peter236

You're quite correct. Because if it were to happen in China, Grandfather will try to put a lid on it for as long as possible. You would never hear about it the moment it breaks out like they did down ...
Lik 發表於 2009-4-27 10:55

If they delayed the reporting, then they should be bashed. But for SARS, it was a totally new disease that no one even knew about as the WHO thought it was just a seasonal flu. So it was not totally fair to bash them for this.

Lik

If they delayed the reporting, then they should be bashed. But for SARS, it was a totally new disease that no one even knew about as the WHO thought it was just a seasonal flu. So it was not totally fair to bash them for this.peter236 發表於 2009-4-27 10:59

Don't try to defend the Chinese government's handling of SARS. It was only a mere 6 years ago, and I know (just as everyone else) how the government tried to cover it up until it grew to epic proportions, when the Chinese government finally gave into international pressure and became more forthcoming in revealing details of the disease.

Of course, there were heroes such as 鍾南山, who had the guts to challenge the Central authorities and spoke out about the truth and the disease.

This is why we need transparency and freedom of the press, both of which are sorely lacking in China, but is present in Mexico, which is a relatively poor country.

-Lik

peter236

Don't try to defend the Chinese government's handling of SARS. It was only a mere 6 years ago, and I know (just as everyone else) how the government tried to cover it up until it grew to epic proport ...
Lik 發表於 2009-4-27 12:42

You can't read properly as usual. We are not trying to defend the Chinese government at all. They should be bashed for how they handled SARS. But it was a new disease that no on knew about back them. After SARS, the whole world has become a lot more alert to new diseases and therefore the prompt reaction.

chunsh

u guys are just very awesome (its kinda weird to use awesome but I dont know what other words I can use haha)
how come the swine flu in mexico and canada can lead to SARS in China

zuesel

I am going to HK in 2 wks. should i be worried too? Any other known food or disceases around asia right now?

Lik

I am going to HK in 2 wks. should i be worried too? Any other known food or disceases around asia right now?
zuesel 發表於 2009-4-27 12:52

IIRC, China/HK and many other countries in SE Asia has quite a few cases for Hep A and B. I'd recommend getting a vaccine against those, but if you are going in 2 weeks, there might not be enough time. (Not sure if you need to get a 2nd booster shot after the initial one.)

Check with your doctor la.

-Lik

daimo

18# zuesel

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/index-eng.php