Swine flu reaches Caribbean

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » May 13th, 2009, 9:38 am

There are too many swine flu threads to try to consolidate all into one

This is the FIRST confirmed case of swine flu in the Caribbean.

HAVANA, Cuba, May 13, 2009 - The Caribbean is no longer swine flu free. Cuba has reported the region's first confirmed case.

A statement from Cuba's Ministry of Health said that a male Mexican student who is studying at a medical school in the Caribbean nation tested positive for the influenza H1N1 virus.

Neither the condition nor the identity of the student has been released.

But the ministry said that of 84 suspected cases that were tested, the student's was the only one confirmed.

He was among others who started to return to Cuba from Mexico, the epicentre of the virus, in late April. Some were quarantined but the majority of them were released after being given a clean bill of health.

But former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has accused Mexico's government of keeping an outbreak of the flu secret during a recent visit to that country by United States President Barack Obama.

"The Mexican authorities did not inform the world of (the outbreak), awaiting the visit of Obama," Castro said in an internet column. "We and dozens of other countries are paying for the broken dishes."

But Mexico's Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova has denied the allegation, saying that his country had been extremely forthcoming with information about the virus.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the number of laboratory-confirmed swine flu cases has reached 5,251 in 30 countries around the world, with 61 people having died from the disease.

http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Caribb ... 07416.html

buzz · Postby **buzz** » May 13th, 2009, 9:43 am

well....................................................................

we are fcuked :idea:

VexXx Dogg · Postby **VexXx Dogg** » May 13th, 2009, 9:44 am

fack

Postby **Yeo** » May 13th, 2009, 9:47 am

QUICK!! Send Manning!! Tell him he have a r's appt.

buzz · Postby **buzz** » May 13th, 2009, 9:48 am

wtf they let those gringos come home

Bezman · Postby **Bezman** » May 13th, 2009, 10:03 am

they have 8 in quarantine in barbados from a cruise ship, just read it from a buddy on the port on facebook

Riley2008 · Postby **Riley2008** » May 13th, 2009, 10:04 am

*sigh* canâ€™t say I am not surpriseâ€¦

Well people start loading up on Vitamins Câ€™s and taking proper care of your health.

Considering how Trinidad hospital sucks we need to be extra careful.

buzz · Postby **buzz** » May 13th, 2009, 10:17 am

buzz wrote:well....................................................................

we are fcuked

Damien · Postby **Damien** » May 13th, 2009, 10:19 am

Dammit, goes off to halal myself :lol:

ChuckeyBaby · Postby **ChuckeyBaby** » May 13th, 2009, 10:21 am

opps.. damn.. it's only a matter of time now :roll:

ray d saint · Postby **ray d saint** » May 13th, 2009, 10:26 am

Note to self... call Raptor to get masks, stock up on vitamin C's and stop driving around with the glass down...

wagonrunner · Postby **wagonrunner** » May 13th, 2009, 10:29 am

8 in quarantine in BIM, and how many visitors they having month end for the international rally?

hope all attending take necessary precautions, and don't return with it here.

Postby **Greypatch** » May 13th, 2009, 10:34 am

it was only a matter of time...

RapToR · Postby **RapToR** » May 13th, 2009, 12:03 pm

ray786 wrote:Note to self... call Raptor to get masks, stock up on vitamin C's and stop driving around with the glass down...

stocking sometime in June month

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noshownogo · Postby **noshownogo** » May 13th, 2009, 12:45 pm

Raptor we doh have until June

shady23 · Postby **shady23** » May 13th, 2009, 12:46 pm

That fscking Mexican had to be the one to get it first

ray d saint · Postby **ray d saint** » May 13th, 2009, 12:46 pm

^^

who survive until June could call raptor... :mrgreen:

RapToR · Postby **RapToR** » May 13th, 2009, 12:52 pm

noshownogo wrote::rofl: Raptor we doh have until June

i might end up rushing it down

gouken · Postby **gouken** » May 14th, 2009, 8:53 am

First celebrity casualty of swine flu now confirmed.

Direct contact with infected carrier suspected.

Postby **M_2NR** » May 14th, 2009, 9:03 am

since when it is piggy flu?

Postby **M_2NR** » May 14th, 2009, 9:03 am

buzz wrote:
buzz wrote:well....................................................................

we are fcuked

yip

SmokeyGTi · Postby **SmokeyGTi** » May 14th, 2009, 12:32 pm

gouken, oh no....

Postby **NorStar2K** » May 14th, 2009, 2:54 pm

The single case in Cuba was outlined in the WHO Update #27.

RapToR · Postby **RapToR** » May 15th, 2009, 1:36 pm

noshownogo wrote::rofl: Raptor we doh have until June

Postby **NorStar2K** » May 15th, 2009, 2:15 pm

Influenza A (H1N1) - CUBA now has three (03) confirmed cases.

geodude · Postby **geodude** » May 15th, 2009, 10:30 pm

here we go again,

buzz · Postby **buzz** » May 15th, 2009, 11:22 pm

corolla_2nr wrote:
buzz wrote:
buzz wrote:well....................................................................

we are fcuked

yip

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