Travelers Advised to Avoid Unnecessary Travels to Mexico
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised US travelers to avoid non-essential travels to Mexico to avoid contracting the A/H1N1 infection, more popularly known as the Swine Influenza. As of April 27, 2009 there have been 18 laboratory confirmed cases of swine influenza in Mexico.
The CDC along with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Alert and Response Network (GOARN) has already sent medical experts to Mexico to help the country’s health authorities in investigating the outbreak of the swine influenza. Out of the 14 specimens sent by the Mexican National Influenza Center to the CDC, 7 are confirmed positive for the virus that causes the Swine Influenza. The said virus strain is also said to be similar to the influenza virus that have recently affected some patients in the United States.
The CDC is currently investigating 20 cases of swine flu cases in Texas, Kansas, New York, California and Ohio. Only two of the cases being investigated have escalated to hospitalization. The 18 other people suffering from the virus have all recovered.
The Director General of the World Health Organization has already declared the disease as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Health organization and travel authorities around the world are taking precautionary measures to avoid the spread of the disease.
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