Swine Flu

Swine flu is usually in pigs and the people that have it are usually had touched or made contact with a pig. Canada became the third country to confirm human cases of swine flu this Sunday. The global health officials thought about whether to raise the global pandemic alert. Nations from New Zealand to Spain also reported suspected cases. There are also some citizens that were warned not to travel to North America. Dr. Robert Strang is a Nova Scotia's chief public health officer and he said that the east coast Canadian province had confirmed cases of swine flu. This swine flu was in students ranging in age from 12 to 17 or 18. They are all recovering and that's what he said. A senior World Health Organization official said the agency's emergency committee will meet for a second time Tuesday. They are meeting to examine the full potential of the virus. The same strain of the A/H1N1 swine flu virus has been found in several locations. They were found in Mexico and the United States. It also appears to be spreading directly from human to human. That's what Keiji Fukuda said. Keiji Fukuda is an assistant director general in charge of health security. This is a new thing I learned and I never knew there was a disease like that.