H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus udon Thani?

[plien]

Here is a list of some of the dirtiest things in our close environment. Actually read about it before swine flu came about. Hope it will be helpful to someone, especially for you with kids. No specific order.
Steering weel
Shift stick
mobile phones
door jerk
escalator handrail
handrail
shopping cart
baggage cart
remote control
motorbike handle
money
used books
dishrag
These are the things I remember from the article. And here are 2 more I just dreamed up myself.
the slimy cromepole on the BTS
and the little handle for the buttshower.
Hope all of you will stay healthy and ride this one out.
Take care Plien

[747man]

Went to Tesco / Lotus in Thabo the other day,& Noticed the "Trolley Collector " Wiping the handles of the trolleys with a disenfected Spray & Cloth

[plien]

Oh I forgot the most obvious, our keybords
Take care, Plien

[izzix]

TYPE A(H1N1)
Ministry discloses severe symptoms in most flu deaths
By Pongphon Sarnsamak
The Nation.
Published on August 1, 2009



Ministry discloses severe symptoms in most flu deaths

Most of Thailand's deaths from type-A (H1N1) influenza have been in patients whose symptoms included fever of 39 degrees Celsius, coughing up blood and vomiting, diarrhoea and a low white blood cell count.

Such was the finding of a Public Health Ministry investigation whose results were released yesterday.

Authorities say the new flu has now spread across the entire country. Bangkok is the country's largest source of infection, especially tourist areas and concert venues, as well as hospitals, where people exhibiting symptoms crowd together to receive medication.

The official death toll was 65 as of Wednesday, with the number of confirmed cases standing at 7,489. Seven people are receiving intensive care in hospital.

Three of the deaths were people from upcountry who developed symptoms after visiting Bangkok for only a short while.

They were a tourism-industry employee, a concert-goer and a patient with a chronic condition who travelled to a Bangkok hospital for unrelated medical treatment.

Other fatalities include three tourism-industry employees, three drivers, two Internet-cafe staff, an employee at a private tutorial school and a general labourer.

Nine farmers, seven students, six merchants, four state officials and four self-employed entrepreneurs have also succumbed to the disease, as have a number of maids and children.

The fatalities were spread across 27 provinces. Bangkok has been the hardest hit by the pandemic with 16 deaths, followed by Ratchaburi province with six.

The disease is considered most dangerous in people aged over 65, because they tend to suffer from pre-existing health conditions.

Meanwhile, the Public Health Ministry yesterday announced that a 16-year-old girl who was two months pregnant when she suffered a miscarriage was not infected with the type-A (H1N1) virus.

Ministry deputy permanent secretary Dr Paijit Warachit said lab tests on the girl came back negative.

The girl was admitted to Maharat Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima suffering from severe pneumonia and given the antiviral drug oseltamivir.

Pregnant women have been flocking to hospitals for check-ups, concerned about the effects of the disease while they are with child.

In the latest development, a Ratchaburi woman who recently underwent a Caesarean section succumbed to type-A (H1N1) influenza yesterday evening in Chulalongkorn Hospital.

The woman became infected while seven months pregnant.

Because of the severity of her condition, doctors in Ratchaburi decided on the Caesarean in a bid to save her baby. The patient was then transferred to Bangkok for further treatment but died despite doctors' best efforts.

Her baby was also infected but is now out of danger.

Below are the numbers of typeA (H1N1) infections and deaths by age group.

Age 0-5 : 562 cases, 2 deaths

Age 6-10 : 1,208 cases, 2 deaths

Age 11-20 : 3,659 cases, 6 deaths

Age 21-30 : 1,060 cases, 14 deaths

Age 31-40 : 513 cases, 13 deaths

Age 41-50 : 364 cases, 12 deaths

Age 50-60 : 22 cases, 9 deaths

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TYPE A(H1N1)
All flu patients must seek attention within two days
By Pongphon Sarnsamak
The Nation
Published on July 30, 2009



All flu patients must seek attention within two days

The Public Health Ministry yesterday advised people, even people with no underlying conditions, to seek medical help within two days of developing flu-like symptoms.
Meanwhile, a 57-year-old physician at Chiang Mai University's Faculty of Medicine succumbed to the flu, becoming the first victim in the healthcare industry, provincial health chief Dr Wattana Kanjanakamonsaid.

Wattana suspected that the unnamed doctor might have caught the infection from a patient.

Meanwhile, the ministry reported that a total of 24 people with no underlying diseases had died of the type-A (H1N1) influenza so far. The other 41 fatalities involved patients with chronic health problems. As of yesterday, the number of confirmed flu cases were 8,877.

Most of the deaths were caused by patients waiting six or more days before seeking medical attention, which meant that they did not respond well to the antiviral oselatmivir, said Dr Paijit Warachit, the health ministry's deputy permanent secretary.

People with no chronic diseases should wait no more than two days before seeking medical treatment, while those with chronic disease should head to the nearest hospital as soon as they develop flu-like symptoms, he warned.

Patients with severe flu symptoms need to consume oseltamivir within 48 to 72 hours after being infected in order to cut down the chances of developing severe pneumonia, which can be fatal, he said.

Ramathibodhi Hospital's Dr Sayomporn Sirinavin said the antiviral showed best results if taken within 48 hours. However, he said, it was not necessary to dispense the antiviral to patients with mild symptoms because they could develop a resistance to the drug.

Next month, the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) will start producing 20 million tablets of the antiviral to help fight the outbreak, and decided last week to increase its stock of oseltamivir from 15 million to 55 million doses.

GPO director Dr Vithit Attavijjakul said it would take no more than 24 hours to deliver the drug in urban areas and 48 hours for rural areas. GPO is also reserving 50,000 oseltamivir tablets for its regional offices in Chiang Mai, Udon Thani and Hat Yai to distribute to 18 provinces.

GPO has also reserved 50,000 courses of the zanamivir, imported from Australia, for patients resistant to oseltamivir. The World Health Organisation reported that type-A (H1N1) cases resistant to oseltamivir have been found in Canada, Denmark, Japan and Hong Kong. So far, nobody has shown resistance to the antiviral in Thailand.



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