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The latest is in the air - Swine flu... The virus has very quickly gained much attention worldwide, and has already killed up to 149 people in Mexico.
This new strain of virus spreads from person-to-person and seems to be highly infectious... Adding on to the worries, it seems to kill the young and strong between age 25 to 45 too, and will spread faster than SARS. The WHO has already raised the alert level from phase 3 to 4, indicating a significantly increased risk of a pandemic globally.
So what's next? Will there be an outbreak and and cause chaos like SARS a few years back? It seems too early to tell, but all countries have stepped up their precautionary measures to ward off the outbreak, such as screening all air passengers and quarantining anyone that shows symptoms of the deadly virus.
Obviously, this flu outbreak dampened the already weakened economy even further, as investors feared that it could force the countries further into recession...
Bad news... Many eyes will be focused on the development of swine flu for the next few weeks for sure...
This new strain of virus spreads from person-to-person and seems to be highly infectious... Adding on to the worries, it seems to kill the young and strong between age 25 to 45 too, and will spread faster than SARS. The WHO has already raised the alert level from phase 3 to 4, indicating a significantly increased risk of a pandemic globally.
So what's next? Will there be an outbreak and and cause chaos like SARS a few years back? It seems too early to tell, but all countries have stepped up their precautionary measures to ward off the outbreak, such as screening all air passengers and quarantining anyone that shows symptoms of the deadly virus.
Obviously, this flu outbreak dampened the already weakened economy even further, as investors feared that it could force the countries further into recession...
Bad news... Many eyes will be focused on the development of swine flu for the next few weeks for sure...
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