Four infected and 59 suspected of swine flu in Spain

Health has confirmed two more cases of swine flu in Spain. For the first two cases detectadeos, just add one more sick in Basque Country (which until now had only one suspect case) and in Castilla La Mancha. The director general of Public Health in Castilla-La Mancha, Berta Hernandez, confirmed that the young patient admitted to the hospital for Hellín (Albacete) is infected. Shared, together with the couple of Almansa and Valencia, the same trip to Mexico in April.



The Ministry also informed and reassured that the situation of all people is not serious and are stable because they are responding well to treatment. So far, all the cases agree that there are travelers who have just recently come back from Mexico.



Meanwhile, there have been 27 new affected from 32 to 59 suspected cases that are not serious. The communities affected have increased their potential are Valencia, who have no suspect case has pointed out in their lists to 12 people, Andalusia, with nine new cases possible to compute two passes to 11, and Catalonia, which among Yesterday and today has four new cases, bringing to 14 possible suspects.



Castilla y Leon also rises, which had a case and now has two, Galicia, which does the same, and Madrid, which now has 11 of 12. Navarre has just encountered its first concerned possible.



Health said that it is "necessary to maintain maximum vigilance and control devices," but Spain is ready to tackle more advanced stages of disease. "



The director general of public health, Ildefonso Hernandez, reported the status of the confirmed cases and in the studio and said to be activated immediately "all measures that the National Plan provides for this type of situation." Have also taken decisions to try to curb the spread of the virus and to detect immediately the subject of study, isolate and treat them properly. "



The Scientific Committee has made permanent provision of the National Executive Committee to advise on all aspects of your competition. It has established a communication system allowing all the scientific information available and to be producing, and providing immediate feedback and suggestions.

Better to call it "new flu"

Furthermore, regarding the definition of the N1H1 virus, the European Commission believes that the disease known as swine flu should not be called because the virus has not been detected in animals, which could be causing unnecessary harm to the pig.

According to just report the European body, it would be more appropriate to call this illness "new flu" in English "novel flu" or "novel influenza virus," to avoid a disastrous and unjustified in the pig industry, especially in the period of crisis.