Swine Flu started three months back and killed over 100 people in Mexico, the origin country. And it started spreading out to all other European countries and also US and Japan, through the traveling population.
The virus spreads in the air and soon after identifying that all the countries restricted the travel of their citizens to Mexico. But the damage has been done already. As of now, the Swine Flu has spread into over 130 countries across the country, and has also killed over 2000 people.
The Second bout of Swine Flu infections are set to happen in the winter months which are fast approaching. The air borne virus will have more scope for hitting human beings during winter than in summer. The WHO has already declared Swine Flu as a pandemic indicating that it has gone out of control.
The WHO has also asked all the global countries to tighten up their anti Swine Flu measures on a war footing. As per WHO report compiled two months back, except US and Japan , no other country in the world has covered up adequately for Swine Flu vaccines.
The vaccine coverage in India and China , which hold over 40% of the world’s population between them, is less than 10%. And if the Swine Flu spreads faster in winter in these two countries, then it could be really catastrophic.
Swine Flu spreads across the globe…2000 killed so far
September - 5 - 2009 - Saturday
