Watching the H1N1 flu pandemic

 

 

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Watching the H1N1 flu pandemic

vía The Big Picture el 16/11/09

Health officials around the world are stepping up vaccination efforts and are closely tracking the progress of the H1N1/09 virus (often referred to as "swine flu" in the media). World Health Organization officials recently noted that the virus has spread to virtually every country in the world, reaching as far as remote tribes in Venezuela and aboriginal populations in Australia. Although the number of deaths attributed to H1N1 this year (over 7,000 to date) remains low compared to a normal seasonal flu outbreak of several hundred thousand deaths in a year, health officials remain concerned because of the instability of H1N1/09 combined with its tendency to affect younger healthier people. Collected here are photos of people around the world preparing for and dealing with the current H1N1 pandemic. (37 photos total)

A medic prepares to give students of a university an injection of the H1N1 flu vaccine in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok on November 9, 2009. Russia launched a vaccination campaign against the H1N1 flu disease on Monday, local media reported. (REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev)

 

 

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