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The outbreak of swine flu that was first deteccted in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on june 11,2009. It is the first wotldwide cpidemic _ _ 1 _ _ by the World Health Organization in41years.
The heightened alert _ _ 2 _ _ an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that assembled after a sharp pise in cases in Australia.and rising _ _ 3 _ _ in Britain ,japan,Chile and elsewhere.
Bur the epiemic is “ _ _ 4 _ _ ”in severity. According to Margaret Chan. The organization’s director general, _ _ 5 _ _ the overwhelming majorty of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and full recovery. Often in the _ _ 6 _ _ of any medical treatment.
The ourbreak came to gobal _ _ 7 _ _ in lafe April2009.when Mexican authorities noted an unusually latge number of hospitalizations and deaths _ _ 8 _ _ healthy adults. As much ofMexico City Shut down at the height of a panic,cases began to _ _ 9 _ _ in New York City.the southwestem United States and atound the world.
In the United States, new cases seemed to fade _ _ 10 _ _ warmer weather arrived.But in late September 2009,officials reported there was _ _ 11 _ _ flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the _ _ 12 _ _ tested are the new swine flu. Also known as(A)H1N1,not seasonal flu.In the U.S.,It has _ _ 13 _ _ more than one million people,and caused mone than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations.
Federal health officials _ _ _ 14 _ _ _ Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began _ _ 15 _ _ orders from the atates for the new swine flu vaccine.The new vaccine,which is different from the annual flu vaccine,is feasible ahead of expectations.More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009,though most of those prevalent doses were of the FluMist nasal spray type,which is not recommended for pregnant women,people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties,heart disease or several other issues But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other high-risk groups;health care workers,people warding off infants and healthy young people.
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