Archive for April 25th, 2009
What actions is Canada taking to address pandemic alert level to Phase 6? Canada is a global leader in pandemic planning and we continue to implement our overall pandemic plan for the health sector (Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan). … H1N1 Flu Virus has been reported around the world, and the World Health Organization (WHO) This link opens in a new browser window has declared it a pandemic influenza virus . Swine influenza (sometimes called swine flu ) is a strain of the …
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General Information - H1N1 flu virus - Public Health Agency of Canada
The H1N1 flu virus is a new strain of pandemic influenza which is different than the seasonal flu . People have no natural immunity to protect against this virus . The H1N1 flu virus emerged in April 2009 and surveillance of its spread … The H1N1 flu virus – also known as human swine influenza – is a respiratory illness that affects the nose, throat and lungs. This virus usually affects pigs, but has been transferred to humans. The H1N1 flu virus has caused primarily mild …
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Key Facts on H1N1 Flu Virus - H1N1 Flu Virus - Public Health …
The public health laboratories have been trained specially for unusual kind of influenza; based on that bird flu. H1N1 situation. We do have public health laboratories able to type influenza and recognize that something is new and that it needs to be … We′re not talking about that particular influenza virus . We′re talking about a new virus ; human infections with a new swine flu virus , a combination of a couple of different components of swine, human and bird influenza. …
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CDC Press Briefing Transcripts April 25, 2009