First Swine Flu case in Sri lanka
First Swine Flu case in Sri lankaThe first person diagnosed with Swine Flu has been found in the country, said He
althcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva yesterday evening at a hurriedly convened press conference held at the Health Ministry in Colombo.The patient detected from Wattala is an eight-year old boy who has arrived from Australia to attend a wedding function. He had come with his father last Sunday, June 14.A (H1N1) virusSwine influenza (swine flu, hog flu and pig flu) is an infection of a host animal by any one of several specific types of microscopic organisms called swine influenza virus.The 2009 outbreak flu outbreak is due to a new strain of subtype H1N1 not previously reported in pigs. The strain can be transmitted from human to human. The influenza is quite common in pigs. Direct transmission of swine flu from pigs to humans is occasionally possible.The influenza A (H1N1) virus was first detected in Mexico in late April. It has infected 36,000 people in 76 countries and claimed 163 lives according to latest WHO figures.As the boy was suffering from high fever and cough the parents have informed the Australian High Commission in Colombo, which later informed the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry.The boy was thereafter admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Angoda, where he is receiving treatment at present.The Minister requested the public not to panic as all necessary medicines to treat Swine Flu is available in the country and the Ministry was prepared for any eventuality. The Government has already drawn plans to contain the spreading of Swine Flu, he added.
althcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva yesterday evening at a hurriedly convened press conference held at the Health Ministry in Colombo.The patient detected from Wattala is an eight-year old boy who has arrived from Australia to attend a wedding function. He had come with his father last Sunday, June 14.A (H1N1) virusSwine influenza (swine flu, hog flu and pig flu) is an infection of a host animal by any one of several specific types of microscopic organisms called swine influenza virus.The 2009 outbreak flu outbreak is due to a new strain of subtype H1N1 not previously reported in pigs. The strain can be transmitted from human to human. The influenza is quite common in pigs. Direct transmission of swine flu from pigs to humans is occasionally possible.The influenza A (H1N1) virus was first detected in Mexico in late April. It has infected 36,000 people in 76 countries and claimed 163 lives according to latest WHO figures.As the boy was suffering from high fever and cough the parents have informed the Australian High Commission in Colombo, which later informed the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry.The boy was thereafter admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Angoda, where he is receiving treatment at present.The Minister requested the public not to panic as all necessary medicines to treat Swine Flu is available in the country and the Ministry was prepared for any eventuality. The Government has already drawn plans to contain the spreading of Swine Flu, he added. 
