L'alerte s'étend au monde entier

[Sandrine for you]

Source: CyberPresse.ca

Mises en quarantaine, contrôle strict des importations de porc, placement en observation de passagers fiévreux: des mesures de précaution sanitaires ont été prises dimanche à l'échelle mondiale pour tenter d'empêcher la propagation de la grippe porcine soupçonnée d'avoir provoqué 103 décès et contaminé 1614 personnes au Mexique.

Outre le Mexique et les États-Unis, premiers pays touchés par la nouvelle souche du virus A/H1N1, des cas suspects ont été signalés en Nouvelle-Zélande, en France, en Espagne, en Israël et un au Brésil. Quatre autre cas ont été confirmés dans la province canadienne de Nouvelle-Ecosse. Les autorités néo-zélandaises ont annoncé que dix lycéens de retour du Mexique souffraient de la grippe et qu'il était «possible» qu'il s'agisse du nouveau virus. Trois nouveaux cas probables ont ensuite été identifiés dans un autre groupe d'élèves rentrant du Mexique.

Parallèlement, un homme rentré récemment du Mexique a été hospitalisé en Israël, sans que l'on sache encore s'il avait développé la maladie. En France, quatre «cas suspects» -trois dans le Nord et un en région parisienne- étaient recensés dimanche, alors que la suspicion pesant sur deux autres cas a été levée. Même vigilance en Espagne, où les autorités sanitaires ont fait état du placement en observation de trois personnes revenant du Mexique dans des hôpitaux au Pays basque, à Albacete et à Valence.

Read more: http://www.cyberpresse.ca/dossiers/la-grippe-porcine/200904/27/01-850541-lalerte-setend-au-monde-entier.php

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It's a world-wide contamination.

[question everything]

1. What??

[Warpy]

2. Yes, all those pesky travelers bringing bugs with them

and exposing everybody on the plane.

Let's hope the alarm is all over nothing, that it's no worse than the usual flu and that the Mexican authorities are only counting the severest cases.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Here, in English.

Settings in quarantine, strict control of the imports of pig, placement in observation of feverish passengers: medical measures of precaution were taken Sunday on a worldwide scale to try to prevent the propagation of the porcine influenza suspected of having caused 103 deaths and of having contaminated 1614 people in Mexico.

In addition to Mexico and the United States, first countries touched by the new stock of virus A/H1N1, the suspect cases were announced in New Zealand, in France, in Spain, in Israel and one in Brazil. Four another cases were confirmed in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

The New Zealand authorities announced that ten high-school pupils of return of Mexico suffered from the influenza and that it was “possible” that it is about the new virus. Three new probable cases were then identified in another returning group of pupils of Mexico.

In parallel, a man sunken recently of Mexico was hospitalized in Israel, without it being still known if it had developed the disease. In France, four “suspect cases” - three in North and one in Paris area were listed Sunday, whereas suspicion weighing on two other cases was raised.

Even vigilance in Spain, where the health authorities gave a report on the returning placement in observation of three people of Mexico in hospitals in the Basque Country, Albacete and Valence.

In the United States, 20 cases of porcine influenza were listed in five States, according to the last calculation of the Control centers and of prevention of diseases (CDC). The last case was recorded in Ohio.

The mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg stated Sunday that the CDC had confirmed the contamination of eight New Yorkean high-school pupils by the porcine influenza. Complementary analyses were carried out to determine with precision the sub-type of the virus.

(use babelfish translator)

[uppityperson]

4. Merci

[geckosfeet]

7. New Yorkean? Thanks for the translation. Interesting on many fronts.

[Warpy]

10. Babelfish is weird

the one in "Hitchhiker" worked a hell of a lot better than the one online.

[vaberella]

5. Yup..it's gotten to NYC. Here are some stats...right hand corner.

http://pigflu.com/content/75-potentially-infected-pig-flu-new-york

[JDPriestly]

6. Merci, Sandrine. Il y en a qui comprend.

[Bassic]

12. Ouais, tout à fait.

[saigon68]

8. contrôle strict des importations de porc

Strict control of swine importation.

Looks like Limpbaugh came in early enough

[mikelgb]

9. Sacrebleu!

[Tindalos]

11. Merci

Yes, it really is world-wide but the numbers (so far) are fairly low. We'll have to wait and see what happens.

Merci et bienvenue, Sandrine.