Swine Flu Outbreak Map

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Posted in » News - by Ades on April 30th, 2009

Unfortunately swine flu is spreading fast and WHO has raised the level to 5 (out of 6). Phase 6 is the pandemic phase. (click on the image below to learn more about WHO phases).

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You can keep track of swine flu developments in a graphical form at BBC website, Swine Flu Outbreak Map page. It shows day to day developments on the flu.

swine flu outbreak map

Please take precautions when at work and commuting to work. Here is what the WHO officials want you to do:

  • Wash your hands with soap and water often.
  • Avoid close contact with other people as much as possible
  • Wear a surgical mask if you are in contact with other people
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth. Germs spread that way.
  • Avoid leaving your home while sick except to get local medical care.
  • Always cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.

Let’s hope that it will be over soon, InshAllah.

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22 Responses to “Swine Flu Outbreak Map”

  1. By titan on Apr 30, 2009

    i will. Need more cautious!

  2. By Best Teeth Whitening on May 1, 2009

    Thanks for the timely info. I’ll be traveling with my family over the next couple of weeks and we’ll be taking precautions.

  3. By Healthcare information on May 1, 2009

    Are you talking about the MRSA strain? If so, the CDC may have something. If you want S. aureus outbreaks of all strains over history, it would pretty much be the entire map.

  4. By Lela Iskandar on May 2, 2009

    Ades,

    Swine flu is definitely not something we all should be worried about.

    Look. On the map you show, there has only been 9 deaths from the flu so far.

    Do you know how many people die of Malaria each day ?

    3,000 people - And that’s in Africa alone!
    (www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2003/pr33/en/)

    If Malaria is a raging forest fire, swine flu is just a puny flint from a wet matchstick.

    I remembered when President Bush said that 2 million Americans will die from the bird flu. How many actually died ?

    Google the answer and you’d be surprised.

    In 1976, the Swine flu was detected in Fort Dix prison. Because of the terrible fear that it would be a pandemic, the late president Ford ordered mass vaccination for over 40 million US residents.

    The vaccination end up killing more people than the flu.

  5. By zawzal on May 2, 2009

    flu is something we cannot see blingly. We should take care and be careful. Anything can happen todays.

  6. By iPhone on May 2, 2009

    Swine flu = something the government created to take everyones mind off the recession

    and lo and behold, it worked!

  7. By iPhone on May 3, 2009

    @ iphone (the other one!) - How ridiculous, you really think the British gov ‘invented’ this story? Do you not realise pandemic means worldwide spread? The entire world could be affected by this, if it mutates into something more deadly. Of course the press coverage has taken a bit of the spotlight off of the economic problems but no-one has forgotten about them.

  8. By aquabot on May 3, 2009

    It is really very serious threat for the world. All the countries should do something to stop it.

  9. By Marketing Man on May 3, 2009

    Fortunately it seems the swine flu is not as virulent as initially feared and we should not see a huge international pandemic. Rather don’t go for any vaccinations, they are likely to cause more harm than good!

  10. By bantingboy on May 3, 2009

    i hope it not reach epidemic case..

  11. By Ades on May 4, 2009

    @Lela, you do raise good points.

  12. By Chelle on May 4, 2009

    I am not too worried about this. More people die each year from the regular influenza virus…and the aids virus…and a lot of other diseases unfortunately. I think it is more so a political thing, they are using the media to get the spotlight and heat off of them and the economy.

  13. By Get 3 Quotes | 3Q on May 4, 2009

    I am glad there are no flags in South Africa. The first chills of winter is just starting to bite hard, and lots of people got “regular” flu, so there is good conditions for the swine flu to spread this side.

  14. By Best Teeth Whitening on May 4, 2009

    A son of a friend of ours has the flu in Fredericksburg, Virginia, but it hasn’t officially been diagnosed as swine flu yet. Hopefully it’s not.

  15. By Marisha Adams on May 5, 2009

    This outbreak is really worrying. I normally let these things wash over me, because I think along the lines of “it won’t happen to me…”. It is, however spreading fast and we should all be cautious. Fingers crossed that it’ll go away

  16. By web design india on May 6, 2009

    I wish if someone can come with a powerful vaccine to prevent swine flu outbreak.

  17. By Xbox 360 on May 14, 2009

    Mwuhaha, I laugh in the face of Swine Flu (or cough)

  18. By Healthcare information on May 24, 2009

    The human-to-human strain isn’t that bad. Be aware that you could contract it, be aware that you can carry it long before showing symptoms (that’s how it spreads so easily), and maintain basic cleanliness. If you have symptoms, go to a doctor.

  19. By zawzal on May 28, 2009

    hope my family will be fine. :)

  20. By Healthcare information on Jun 1, 2009

    Sneezing, coughing, runny nose sometimes, tiredness, heavy head feeling, chills sometimes headache for a about 10 seconds sometimes, and sometime aches in my legs and my arms.

  21. By Handmade jewellery on Sep 1, 2009

    The problem with the Swine Flu, is that we have no vaccines, and seeing as how we’ve never encountered it, we have no natural immunity to the virus.

  22. By kelowna on Sep 1, 2009

    I do wish that someone can come up with a powerful vaccine to prevent swine flu outbreak.


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