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Australia braces for possible 'global flu epidemic'
Posted Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:33pm AEST
Updated Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:33pm AEST

Health officials in Australia say they are on standby to implement
procedures at the nation's borders if needed, to help guard against any
outbreak of a new strain of swine flu.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning that an outbreak of the flu
in Mexico and the United States could become a global epidemic.

But the WHO says it is still too early to say whether this is likely to
happen.

So far the 11 confirmed cases in the United States have all been mild, and
every person infected has recovered.

In Mexico, at least 80 people are thought to have died from the human form
of swine flu.

Australian health authorities say they are contacting all GPs and hospital
emergency departments warning doctors to be on the lookout for patients
suspected of having swine flu.

The Health Department's chief medical officer, Professor Jim Bishop, says
federal and state health officials have held talks over the weekend to look
at what Australia's response should be..

He says GPs have been advised to notify authorities of any suspected cases
and to monitor the patient's progress.

But he says while vigilance is needed, at this stage there is no cause for
panic.

"There is obviously concern and we may need to change some of these views as
more unfolds over the course of the next day or two," he said.

Australia's federal Health Department says its actively monitoring the
situation overseas and stands ready to step up its response when required.

The department says unlike bird flu, strains of swine influenza do not
usually cause illness in humans, and in developed countries like Australia,
relatively few people are regularly exposed to pigs.

It has urged anyone who has recently returned from the US or Mexico with
flu-like symptoms to see their GP.

NZ students test positive

Health authorities in New Zealand say 10 students who were among a group
returning from Mexico have tested positive for influenza-A, of which swine
flu is a sub-set.

Health Minister Tony Ryall says the 10 were among 13 students from Rangitoto
College in Auckland tested for the virus after developing flu-like symptoms.

Three teachers and 22 senior students Auckland's largest high school arrived
back in the country on Saturday after a three-week trip to Mexico.

The Auckland Regional Public Health Service says the situation is being
closely monitored.

Reassurance

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has announced emergency powers to tackle
the crisis.

He has also sought to reassure people that the authorities have the drugs
necessary to treat the virus.

"We are facing an epidemic of influenza, not due to the number of cases, but
because it is a new virus - something unknown, but which does have a cure,"
he said.

"It can be cured, it can be treated, and we have the necessary medication in
large supplies."

The WHO's Margaret Chan says the outbreak is a public health emergency of
international concern.

"Influenza viruses are notoriously unpredictable and full of surprises as we
are seeing right now," she said.

"The viruses causing cases in some parts of Mexico and some parts of USA are
genetically the same. However we cannot say whether or not it will indeed
cause a pandemic."

- ABC/BBC