Wednesday, May 06, 2009
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009
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Sunday, May 03, 2009
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Saturday, May 02, 2009
Weekly News Summary (Sat. 22:00 HRS)
++ As of Saturday evening the Secretary of Health José Ángel Córdova Villalobos announced that there were 473 confirmed cases of the H1N1 influenza in Mexico of which 19 persons have died. At the beginning of the week the Secretary did warn that Mexico is facing its most critical moment of the epidemic… On Monday night he ordered that that classes all over the country would be suspended at all levels of education in all of Mexico until May 6. Mid week the Secretary announced that all non-essential activities should be shut down in government offices and in the productive sector from May 1st through May 5th. (Comment: We should be expecting some type of announcement by Sunday or Monday as to whether schools and non-essential business will continue to be shut down. I believe that there is the possibility that classes will not start until the 11th of May. )
++The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also confirmed on Saturday a higher total of confirmed cases, 160, up from Friday's total of 141.
++The World Health Organization raised the pandemic alert level to Phase 5, mid week. On Saturday the WHO confirmed that the number of cases of swine flu rose to 658 around the world.
WHO decided to give a new name to the virus, which will now be known as “human influenza H1N1” rather than swine influenza. WHO director general, Margaret Chan, said all of humanity faced the threat of a pandemic.
++ Head of the Pan-American Health Organization Mirta Roses announced in Washington that a preliminary influenza vaccine for this strain will be ready by the end of May, but testing to prove its effectiveness will delay it being applied…
++ Jesús Kumate, former secretary of health, said the epidemic could affect the country for at least a year, since there are relapses or renewed outbreaks… He said that in the case of influenza, the renewed outbreaks occur every two months, or what could happen also is that the virus could mutate yet again over that year.
++ The U.N. International Organization for Migrations said that documented or undocumented migrants living in any country affected by the human influenza epidemic must be guaranteed medical care and information about how to prevent contagion.
++ Finance Secretary Agustín Carstens said the cost of the human influenza epidemic in Mexico will amount to 4.5 billion dollars, or the equivalent of 0.5 percent of the Gross Domestic Product.
++ At the beginning of the week, one person died of a heart attack during an earthquake measuring 5.7 degrees on the Richter scale that struck Mexico this Monday
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++ Health Secretary José Ángel Córdova Villalobos said that 15 people have been confirmed to have died from human influenza and there are 343 confirmed infections from the H1N1 virus. Córdova Villalobos ruled out a quarantine because of the epidemic.
++ Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said that progress is being made since, he said, the measures taken have led to a reduction in the number of flu cases and hospitalizations.
++ The World Health Organization reported 367 confirmed flu infections in 13 countries with Mexico leading, followed by the United States with 141 cases, Canada with 34, Spain with 13, Great Britain with 8, and Germany and New Zealand each with four.
++ Head of the Pan-American Health Organization Mirta Roses announced in Washington that a preliminary influenza vaccine for this strain will be ready by the end of May, but testing to prove its effectiveness will delay it being applied…
++ The U.N. International Organization for Migrations said that documented or undocumented migrants living in any country affected by the human influenza epidemic must be guaranteed medical care and information about how to prevent contagion.
++ President Calderón met with his cabinet and top health officials to analyze the political, economic, labor, diplomatic and health repercussions of the current emergency situation in Mexico.
++ Finance Secretary Agustín Carstens said the cost of the human influenza epidemic in Mexico will amount to 4.5 billion dollars, or the equivalent of 0.5 percent of the Gross Domestic Product.
Friday, May 01, 2009
Latest Tally on the Human Influenza H1N1 for Mexico and the world (13:30 hrs..)
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++ Health Secretary José Angel Córdova Villalobos said that 312 cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Mexico… Of this total twelve patients have died. Córdova Villalobos said measures taken to counteract the epidemic are being effective in stemming it. The Health Secretary also said that setting back mid-term elections is not an option being considered yet, but that precautions will be taken to avoid contagion in meetings and large gatherings, as well as in training sessions for citizens who have been selected to be election officials.
++ Communications and Transportation Secretary Juan Molinar Horcasistas, guaranteed operational continuity in communications networks and transportation with the highest health sanitation standards.
++ The World Health Organization raised the number of people infected with the new flu virus to 257 and said that the number of confirmed cases are to be found in 11 countries, among them the United States, Mexico, Spain, Great Britain, New Zealand, Germany and Israel…WHO decided to give a new name to the virus, which will now be known as “human influenza” rather than swine influenza, because some countries were deciding to take measures aimed at pig populations, such as in Egypt, and the pork industry was being negatively hit, especially in the United States.
++ The Health Ministry implemented the order by which non-essential activities are shut down in government offices and in the productive sector from May 1st through May 5th. May 1st is already a national holiday.
++ Mexico City mayor Marcelo Ebrard said that his government supports the measures taken by the Federal Government to suspend activities that are not essential in the city to avoid spreading the human influenza virus.
++ National Water Commission chief José Luis Luege Tamargo guaranteed drinking water supply to the Valley of Mexico during the current swine flu epidemic, but he said that if the drought affecting Mexico continues, it will lead to a water shortage emergency.
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