Swine Flu H1N1 raises panic in Yemen
Yemen Ministry of Health, recorded during December and January, more than 214 injuries, in addition to the 11 confirmed deaths as a result of swine "H1 N1" flu virus, while the central authorities are trying to raise the level of epidemiological surveillance, in light of covering up the epidemic that has escalated spread in Yemen recently
Dr. Hakim Kahlani, director general of disease control and surveillance of the Ministry of Health, said that the disease is not new nor newcomer, adding that "H1 N1" cases were recording in 2009, and is registered cases per year from different parts of the country, and of course deaths
Swine influenza, also called pig influenza, swine flu, hog flu and pig flu, is an infection caused by any one of several types of swine influenza viruses
Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs.[2] As of 2009, the known SIV strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1, H1N2, H2N1, H3N1, H3N2, and H2N3
According to the information, the capital and Wadi Hadramaut, are considered the most widespread of the epidemic areas of Yemen
one of the parents in the capital Sanaa, said that panic felt by people due to talk about the epidemic and its spread among children in the schools, pointing out that he took his son to the health center in Sana'a, after the suspected of cholera