First case of swine flu identified in Algeria

A first case of swine influenza has been detected in Algeria. This is an Algerian national, resident in Frankfurt in Germany and coming from Miami, United States of America.

• This first case was detected at “Houari Boumediene Airport”, thanks to a major health system of detection and control put in place since the spread of the virus in several countries around the world.
  
  Algeria, aware of the seriousness of this new evil, has not skimped on important means to ensure the safety and health of people, mainly in this period of hot weather and holidays.
  
  Many Algerian immigrants and tourists will be arriving during this holiday period, increasing the risk of spreading the virus of swine influenza.
  
  Three cases were confirmed in Morocco, a neighbouring country. This has increased the risk of the appearance of cases of the virus in Algeria which were expected from this country because of land borders between the two countries, but the latter came from the United-States of America.
  
  The woman suffering from flu was immediately transferred to the hospital of ‘El-Kettar’ in Algiers. The latter had just arrived from the United States of America with her two children.
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• The epidemic of swine influenza A (H1N1) reported 100 deaths in Canada and the United States and more than 27,000 cases have been identified, according to the latest balance sheets delivered Friday in both countries.
  
      In Washington, the Centres for Disease Control and Disease Prevention (CDC) U.S. reported 87 deaths and 21,449 cases of "probable or confirmed" dated 18 June.
  
  The number of people infected with swine influenza A (H1N1) in the United Kingdom surpassed the 2000, announced Saturday the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
  
      On the world’s scale, swine influenza caused 180 dead and 44,287 patients in 95 countries and territories, according to the latest assessment of the World Health Organization (WHO) published Friday.
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• Ennahar/ M. O.