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Title: First Somali Case with Swine Flu Reported in Egypt
Post by: Admin on July 06, 2009, 02:18:07 AM
Officials in Cairo reported 4 more new cases of A/H1N1 today including 17 year old Somali student with Dutch passport who come from UK with his father.

Read the full story (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/06/content_11658459.htm)
Title: Re: First Somali Case with Swine Flu Reported in Egypt
Post by: Diagnostic on July 06, 2009, 10:30:12 PM
I also heard that a Somali father with his 4 doughters from sweden were caught in cairo airport yesterday after infected with swine flu virus.
Title: Second Somali Case with Swine Flu Reported in Kenya
Post by: Admin on July 07, 2009, 12:30:31 AM
The other case is a young girl, a British citizen of Somali origin who travelled to Garissa from Britain with her immediate family to visit their relatives

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/06/content_11663769.htm (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/06/content_11663769.htm)
Title: Somali Cases with Swine Flu Reported !how can we prevent it ?
Post by: Dr.Hersi on July 07, 2009, 11:25:36 AM
Thanks  Dear Dr. Mahdi, for this information, me also  I heard some somalian people in kenya affected this disease, particularly in Somalia regions,  so how can we prevent it  to transmit to Somalia? I hope all health professionals  to participate their ideas for  discussion.   

Title: Re: First Somali Case with Swine Flu Reported in Egypt
Post by: Admin on July 07, 2009, 11:58:28 PM
Dr.Hersi, thanks for your comment.

We can't tell if the disease already crossed the border but what we are capable of is to educate our readers about the symptoms & signs of the disease. (Our prevention is health education).
Because we don't have the swine flu prevention measures & even we can't control the outbreak if happens.

Check the UN's Voice: Poor nations need $1 bln to combat swine flu (http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/poor-nations-need-1-bln-to-combat-swine-flu-un-20090706-dajx.html)

Regarding the Swine Flu Education please read the following articles & print out to your community:
Dr.Mahdi
Title: Re: First Somali Case with Swine Flu Reported in Egypt
Post by: Admin on July 11, 2009, 12:16:54 AM
Another new case of 10-year-old British-Somali boy who came from London is reported today in Egypt.
http://english.cri.cn/6966/2009/07/11/1721s500561.htm (http://english.cri.cn/6966/2009/07/11/1721s500561.htm)