世衛在南半球炒作豬流感的威脅，發送疫苗

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世衛在南半球炒作豬流感的威脅，發送疫苗
WHO hypes swine flu threat in southern hemisphere, sends vaccines
Monday, 29 March 2010 15:02

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H1N1豬流感個案在南半球不斷上升
H1N1 Swine Flu Cases Increasing in Southern Hemisphere

Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 March 2010

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Nurse Kim Bigham gives Alfredo Ochoa a vaccination against the H1N1 or "swine flu," as his daughter Monserrat Ochoa and her cousin Esteban Ochoa, 3, watch at the Riverside Neighborhood Family Health Center in Riverside, California, 17 Feb 2010



A Senior World Health Organization Official confirms the H1N1 Flu pandemic appears to have peaked in North America and Europe. He says the center of increasing pandemic activity has shifted to Africa and other parts of the southern Hemisphere. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from WHO headquarters in Geneva.
一名高級世界衛生組織官員確認，H1N1流感大流行似乎已在北美和歐洲見頂。他說日益流行活動的中心，已經轉移到非洲和其它南半球的地區。美國之音的麗沙士連從日內瓦世衛總部報導。
The World Health Organization (WHO) says more than 213 countries and territories have reported nearly 17,000 laboratory confirmed deaths from the H1N1 influenza pandemic. It says most of these deaths have occurred in the northern Hemisphere.
世界衛生組織（WHO）說，超過 213個國家和地區報告了近17,000宗，實驗室確認的H1N1流感大流行死亡；它說大部分這些死亡發生在北半球。
But now the pandemic is more active in the southern Hemisphere and more deaths are likely to occur in that part of the world.
但現在大流行在南半球是更活躍，和更多的死亡有可能發生在世界的那一部分。
WHO Special Adviser on Pandemic Influenza, Keiji Fukuda, says the H1N1 virus is circulating most actively in parts of Southeast Asia, West Africa, and in the tropical zone of the Americas.
世衛大流行流感特別顧問福田敬二說，H1N1病毒正非常活躍地傳播在東南亞、西非，和美洲的熱帶區域。
Fukuda says the World Health Organization is concerned about what will happen as the southern Hemisphere enters its winter season.
福田說，世界衛生組織關注的是，當南半球進入冬季時會發生什麼。
"Many of the countries in the southern Hemisphere are the countries who are least able to handle large outbreaks of disease and who have the least resources," noted Dr. Fukuda. "As you know, the reports of H1N1 in some parts of Africa, particularly West Africa have been relatively recent. We did not have reports of activity in Western Africa in 2009. They really were more reported in 2010"

Dr. Fukuda says a main focus of WHO activity is to get H1N1 vaccines shipped to countries in the southern Hemisphere.

He says 25 out of 95 poor countries in need of the vaccines have received them. He notes another concern is the weak monitoring ability in developing countries.

"I think it is clear that surveillance capacities still can be made much better," Dr. Fukuda added. "They can be improved in Africa, but also in a number of countries. So, this is one of our big aims that we hope to continue moving on over the next number of years to improve those basic capacities there."

The World Health Organization reports pandemic influenza activity remains variable in Sub-Saharan Africa. Data suggests the most active areas of transmission continue to be in West Africa and in limited areas of East Africa, particularly in Rwanda.

It says Ghana and Senegal have the largest number of reported cases of H1N1 In West Africa.

Fukuda says the world is far better prepared to tackle influenza pandemics now than in the past. He says important lessons have been learned from past outbreaks.
http://www.theflucase.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3160%3Awho-hypes-swine-flu-threat-in-southern-hemisphere-sends-vaccines&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=64&lang=en

美官員警告H1N1疫情未結束
(星島)2010年3月30日 星期二 11:05
美國 衛生部 門官員29日警告說，盡管H1N1甲型流感疫情在美國大部分地區都已經減弱，但在東南部某些地區確診病例卻呈增多之勢，因此疫情仍未結束。

美國疾病控制和預防中心官員舒沙特表示，H1N1甲型流感病毒在東南部的亞拉巴馬州、南卡羅來納州，以及佐治亞州仍比較活躍。其中佐治亞州的情況最為特殊，該州報告的H1N1甲型流感確診住院病例，數目已經連續3周位居美國各州之首，最近數周的確診住院病例數量也達到去年10月以來的高峰。

據舒沙特表示，佐治亞州是美國H1N1甲型流感疫苗接種率最低的幾個州之一，該州的確診病例大部分為慢性疾病患者，以及沒有接種疫苗的人。美國軍醫局長都表示，美國目前的H1N1甲型流感疫苗供應充足，截至上周末，美國已獲得1.24億劑疫苗。她敦促美國民眾儘快接種疫苗。

美國疾控中心公布的數據顯示，自去年4月疫情爆發以來，美國已有超過26.5萬人因H1N1甲型流感住院。
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100330/3/h9n1.html