25th swine flu death in Kuwait

"It's been awhile but I'm back and the news brought shivers to my spine. Since my last post, swine flu death toll now rose to 25th. Whoa!Keep on with your good health measures people."

KUWAIT, Nov 9, (Agencies): A woman infected with the H1N1 virus has passed away bringing total number of swine flu fatalities in Kuwait to 25, the Health Ministry announced on Monday. Spokesman of the ministry, Qais Al-Duwairi, said in a statement to KUNA that the deceased had suffered from diabetes, cardiac illnesses and high blood pressure. The dead patient had been treated with drugs and antibiotics but her condition remained unstable till she succumbed to her illnesses late last night, the spokesman said. Her demise brought the death toll of swine flu fatalities in the country to 25. Up to 99 percent of recorded swine flu cases had recovered.

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**STARTLING NEW EVIDENCE THAT 'SWINE FLU' PANDEMIC IS MAN-MADE

"We are in the dog days of summer and so is this swine flu scare. This article is another controversial issue for me. Is swine flu pandemic man-made? I know, I am not in a position to judge. I just want to share this with you before I hit the sack. Well, do you count your chickens before they hatch?"

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Panel to discuss suspension of classes over ‘swine flu threat’

"Be aware. School children and teenagers are the vulnerable ones."

KUWAIT CITY, July 31: Manager of Epidemic Control Department at the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Rapporteur of the Joint Higher Committee for Swine Flu Control Dr Musab Al-Saleh has revealed the higher and technical committees will discuss in its next meeting a proposal to suspend classes if the number of swine flu cases in the country escalates to an unprecedented level at the start of the new academic year, reports Al-Dar daily. Clarifying the Ministry of Education (MoE) is not ruling out the possibility of suspending classes as the situation is expected to get worse, Al-Saleh stressed the MoH is ready to face any possible outbreak in schools. He said the ministry has tightened measures at the entry points to monitor the health condition of those who will return from their summer holidays abroad, affirming employees assigned at the entry points have been instructed to postpone their holidays. He added the government has allocated a budget of KD 5 million for combating swine flu.

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What we do and don’t know about swine flu

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"Read on. Generally, things aren't to be taken for granted with or without swine flu lurking in every direction it can get hold of. Good hygiene."


By PAUL SCHNEIDEREIT
Tue. Jul 7 - 4:45 AM

PLANNING on throwing a swine flu party for your kids and their friends?

Don’t.

That’s the advice of medical experts on both sides of the Atlantic. They’ve sounded a public alarm recently over reports some parents have been considering the idea as a way to expose their children to the supposedly "mild" current form of the virus, so they’ll be better protected if the bug mutates into something far deadlier this fall and winter.

Upon reading these news reports, however, it’s soon clear that nobody’s actually thrown such a "party." So far, it’s just been online chatter in forums for parents about the idea, one based on actual "chicken pox parties" that took place, based on somewhat similar logic, years ago.

Ah, well. You can’t blame experts for trying to nip such foolishness in the bud.

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