Making Swine Influenza Vaccine Should Be Within 6 Months
London, Preparation and distribution of swine flu vaccine takes at least 6 months, so the explanation Iain Stephenson, a doctor at the Infectious Diseases Unit at Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK. If a vaccine to combat a new strain of swine flu virus becomeĀ may the first pandemic wave is over.
Stephenson and other researchers are now looking for ways to make vaccine production process faster. ThisĀ Research publish in this journal Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences.
Stephenson proposes to start vaccination of high-risk people who fell swine flu. The problem is flu vaccine for a strain, not suitable for the other strain.
Meanwhile the number of swine flu victim continue to fall . Mexican Health Minister Jose Cordova said at least 159 people killed and 2498 others sick. From 1311 the number of the suspect is still treated in the hospital. That shows that treatment can be given if the patient healing since early.
Cuba became the first country to prohibit flights to and from Mexico. Air Transat flight to Canada to Mexico until June 1st.
Air Canada flight to stop the Cancun, Cozumel and Puerto Vallarta. Ban travel to Mexico is also applied by Australia, UK, Canada, France, Sri Lanka and Switzerland. Meanwhile, Argentina ordered the 60,000 tourists who come from Canada, Mexico and the U.S. in the last 20 days to contact the health ministry.
Spokesperson Gregory Hartl WHO ask the government to help various countries of swine flu suspect, as if by the early, patients can recover. He holds travel restrictions and border control can not overcome the threat of swine flu pandemic
U.S. Government to request the people do not panic, because in the U.S. each year there are 36,000 people who died because of influenza. Swine flu crisis this caused a big economic loss for Mexico. Since the crisis occurred loss reached 777 million pesos (about 56 million U.S. Dollar) per day. This is said by Arturo Mendicuti, officials of Trade, Services and Tourism Rooms of Mexico City.
Meanwhile the number of countries that have a suspect swine flu increases with the inclusion of South Korea to the list. Health officials in Seoul to find a suspect swine flu. Patients are citizens of South Korea’s had just arrived from Mexico.
In New Zealand, 11 patients positive swine flu. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called swine flu crisis as an international crisis that should be shared.