Swine Flu Phase 5 Level – Mauritius Bans Pork Import
2009/04/30 - By Kurt Avish - 3,474 views
WHO (World Health Organisation) raised the swine flu level to phase 5 today. We are in swine flu level 5 on a scale of 6 which in simple word means that swine flu pandemic is imminent and that all countries must be prepared to cope. Mauritius Health department has banned the import of pork meat since yesterday as preventive measures even though that WHO said that pork meat does not carry swine flu.
Yesterday the Mauritian government increased the number of medical officers at the airport from 14 to 31 persons. Health Minister Rajesh Jeetah said that Mauritius Flying Squad have also been instructed to monitor closely all passengers coming from Mexico, United States, New Zealand and Australia.
Mauritian hospitals have also been supplied with more flu masks and equipments in case their is a swine flu outbreak in Mauritius. For now no cases have been identified. However due to changing season, some minor case of normal flu have been reported in hospitals of Mauritius. For swine flu symptoms here is the previous article.
Last night WHO had an emergency meeting to decide on the swine flu level warning. Various cases and situation were analysed before coming to a conclusion.
“I raises the alert level of 4 to 5,” said Director General of WHO, Dr. Margaret Chan, at the end of that meeting.
“The world has never been so well prepared to deal with a pandemic, she said. For the first time in history, we can follow the evolution of the pandemic in real time. » “
Various countries across the globe have already informed of verified cases of swine flu. Something which in weird int his flu pandemic is that the virus is not dependent on the season change anymore. Normally viruses that gain power due to season changing are normally no more dangerous as the human body develop its defense. However this virus seem to not be affected by the external factors anymore. WHO said that the new swine virus is a mutated version of casual human flu virus, pig flu virus and bird flu virus.
Yesterday the first case of death in USA was reported. A child of 23 months died with swine flu. France is also investigating two new cases now. Is Mauritius safe when we know that we are a tourist island and that tourist from all over the world come here? Mauritius only prevention methods are until now the ban on pork meat import and making passengers to fill health forms at the ports.
Health minister said yesterday that the declaration form which incoming passengers must fill at the airport has been redesigned to contain more information.
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in mauritius last night false in formation was given as such no other country in the world has had death due to swine flu . we know that a child died in america from swine flu what other countries are affected what about africa mauritius also is at risk cause tourist travel from around the world to our country
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Kurt Avish Reply:
April 30th, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Where you heard that? On mbc tv? The whole world knows that there are so many deaths in mexico already. Even a baby died yesterday in usa.
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yusha Reply:
May 1st, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Weps a 23 months baby died in mexico . By times news in mtuis is not reliable. I think it is incompetence and monopoly of one tv which gives that results.
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It’s a good thing that importation has been banned, but what about the swines who are already at the head of our country???
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selven Reply:
April 30th, 2009 at 5:48 PM
wahahahahahahahaha
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yusha Reply:
May 1st, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Well if you feel there are swines at the head of the country . I think it is those swines decision that importation is bann.Why not try to dare to change the system instead of lamenting?
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ReenaDKL Reply:
May 2nd, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Am not lamenting, am just stating my opinion.
I vote ever since I was allowed to, I sign petitions, do rally etc…if I could change the system by putting a bullet in all the ’swines’ at the head of the country, I’d happily do that.
If you wish to help, you are most welcomed
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i blogged about it b4 u
..here: WHO raises pandemic alert on swine flu virus
@ReenaDKL: we have also ceased to import swines at the head of the country. lol. you think they should be stamped out too?
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ReenaDKL Reply:
April 30th, 2009 at 6:31 PM
i think they should be injected some lethal thing so as not to infect the whole population…hmmm…though most of it is already so badly infected…(read corruption, money laundering, etc…etc…)
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Kurt Avish Reply:
April 30th, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Lol….in reference to the “humans” swine here you are absolutely right lol
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i hope that some people in our government don’t sympathize with countries who are infected by saying “li malhereux ki dans pa konE komien milliard dimoune lor sa laterre la, seulement 1 tigit meme inn infectE”!!!
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Kurt Avish Reply:
April 30th, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Rofl… hahaha… bien dir sa
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Stopping imports or anything is pure b*llsh*t. This is one of the things that narrow-minded Mauritians use to really show that they are narrow-minded. I can even see these same people saying that the persons infected are infected because they eat pork. Along with that, it seems that no on understands that it is the human version of the virus that is lethal. As for tamiflu, it is a curing medecine, not a preventive one, u can absorb as much of it as you want but it won’t stop you from contracting it.
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Kurt Avish Reply:
April 30th, 2009 at 9:15 PM
I agree with you. Its been said that the pig meat cannot transport the virus. I wonder why this decisionof the government. Maybe jst to SHOW OFF to the world that they took a decision.
The virus is only going from human to human. Infact any meat when well cooked killed all virus and bacteria. Well…..
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yusha Reply:
May 1st, 2009 at 9:54 AM
you are absolutely right , banning importation is really not an effective method and mtuis is not taking enough precaution. We should have installed the thermal camera at aiport . I think it is the most secure way to detect infection.
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Thank you so much for the info. Interesting site, good work.
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on mbc tv hindi information did we see wrong in formation on swine flu the journalists of mbc they dont get enough information we have lots of facilities today like internet bbc world info france 24. the mauritian journalism should be more professional
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NDTV just questioned doubts raised about a case in India, but the authority denied and said all tests done have been negative so far. The test still continues.
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Umm wake up people. this is rubbish, yes people died, but seriously look at in perspective. If it is surprising to you that mexicans (with some of the worst health care in the world) die in such a large country (mexico has 110 million people in it) then you have issues. A larger percentage of people died in Australia during the summer from hot weather, you may have missed the world wide alerts for that one. After all there are actually only 23 confirmed deaths in the world of this. Sure more people were sick, but they didn’t necessarily die from swine flu (you can blame a cover up if you want, I will go with media beat up in reply).
Personally I think that if 1 person in the world outside of mexico has died from the flu I will not panic. If more people with inadequate housing, health care and general living conditions die from it I wont care about swine flu, I may however start to concern myself about the conditions that these people who are dying are living in because it is their living conditions that are bad, not the flu.
Why is there a media beat up? Because there always is, because the media never puts out a balanced and fair write up. As they say, ‘if it bleeds it leads’, the kitten in a tree pieces were just not getting the ratings that they need to sell more commercials.
Am i being negative? No I don’t think so, I think the world will end from a bad cold is probably a bit more negative than me. I do also think that ruining the meat industry in 1 country is stupid (when it isn’t transmitted in meat), and further, some people will believe this rubbish and stop buying meat in other countries! The world has enough ecconomic problems without the meat import export trades being hit harder.
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hi friends good morning
i heard a bad news today on radio plus a mauricien women in hong kong has been quarantine as she had flu she is trying to contact the government of mauritius so she can come to mauritius.what do you people think should she come to mauritius and be quarantine here
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Kurt Avish Reply:
May 5th, 2009 at 2:04 PM
From the latest news she will be allowed to leave the hospital soon as they get her medical report.
Well whether she can come here is another question. As a mauritian however it will be narrow minded on our part to prevent her…but then if she is returning back the government must take all precautions or make special arrangement so that she is transported to a secure hospital room as soon as she come.
A quite problematic question however. There are two sides of it. One the human value side and other the protection of local citizens.
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ReenaDKL Reply:
May 5th, 2009 at 2:30 PM
…”the government must take all precautions or make special arrangement so that she is transported to a secure hospital room as soon as she come.”…
lol! do you seriously believe that??? C’mon man! have you seen the hospitals in Mauritius? An example is kids suffering from leukemia. They should avoid whatever contact with other kids in their initial medication stages (especially when taking the chemo injections.) Well, here, they are put in cubicles less than 100sqft (if am counting well…) and sometimes along with another leukemia kid…
Worse, you have to take the kid through the normal sick kids rooms before entering that ’special’ room, full of dust and well where nurses even come without washing their hands after touching kids with fever or gastro, etc…
Ive witnessed that and to tell you the truth, Mauritius is total BS when it comes to hospitals!!!!
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Kurt Avish Reply:
May 6th, 2009 at 8:00 AM
I completely missed that then lol.
So to add to the above..it should be said:
”the government must take all precautions or make special arrangement so that she is transported to a secure hospital room as soon as she come…but then do we have any real building which we can call a hospital in this country and which is free?.
True about the hospital. Check this customer relationship post i had written last year about candos hospital.
Is that the answer? Kill the swine! Ban on import! Is the virus contacted from living cells or dead and frozen?
Pas fer cinema. Large population of the country do not consume or have any affinity with consuming pork meat. So make majority happy and ban the product. majorite content. encore ene cas de lievre cashiette so figire!
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Kurt Avish Reply:
May 6th, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Banning the import is the most ridiculous decision of the gov as the World Health Organisation has more than so many times stated that the virus is not propagated by eating pork meat.
I wonder who are those swines who really voted for this decision of not importing. In some case however local pork meat providers will profit from this. They will be selling the meat at their own price and will not have external competition.
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“World Health Organisation has more than so many times stated that the virus is not propagated by eating pork meat.”
Last year these experts claimed that these virus are not contaminated to human. only pig to pig.
So, you can not really rely on how this virus is being mutated.
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Have you people ever heard the rubbish MBC giving a bad news about Mauritius?
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hi there,
As we are all aware of the fast growing danger of swine flu worldwide and I know Government is doing a very tight job to prevent swine flu in Mauritius. But as winter is coming here I truly feel its time to think about health workers too! I work in a hospital more precisely in accident and emergency unit and as a health staff I can tell that we are very much expose to flu. It would be great if the ministry can allow us to wear protective mask while at work. Because if we ourselves are not protected how will we treat our patients? As we say, prevention is better than cure… here we can say prevention is better than no cure…..
Thanks
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This is cause of pig, better kill the animals in unaffected countries before too late.
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This post has nothing to do with the article but I am very disappointed with the English used in the article…there are many grammatical mistakes…it is very disappointing to have such articles posted on the internet
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Kurt Avish Reply:
May 25th, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Thanks. Please do help us in correcting the ‘bad’ English as we are aiming to participate in a Grammar Blogging Competition soon organised by the Association of People Who Write Good English but Cant Use It When Needed
Ps: A blog post has errors not corrected voluntarily to make it more natural and not like reading a robotized newspaper article.
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Teemah Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 1:30 PM
@Kurt Avish,
LOL!!!
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I think there are good reasons to back the ban of pigs…one being that, although the mat might not be contaminated, the pig itself may be and importing pigs could put all mauritians at risk…it is a SWINE flu…so surely the virus comes from pigs…it makes sense to ban the pigs!! the government is protecting u ppl…u should be thankful
i am not a fan of the current gov nor am i intereted in politics and in anything that has to do with them but i cannot condemn this decision of theirs
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Kurt Avish Reply:
May 25th, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Then you must think again. OMS has confidently said that the virus has shown NO proof of direct contamination from Pig to Human. I am talking of the current version H1Z1 which is transmitted human to human only.
The virus has mutated and this current version which spread from Human to Human which is dangerous. I think if we are so wise to ban pigs then why not BAN HUMANS too coming in Mauritius who might have swine flu?
See the situation from a political point of view and you shall understand. No import mean more sales for local breeders. More sales from local breeders means local breeders who are more specifically found at Roche Bois are pleased with the government decision. Local breeders at Roche Bois are please and hence most people are pleased there and hence in a 3rd view its just another electoral campaign p reminiscence.
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seriously guys swine flu aint that bad its just that it spreads very fast and is mostly just
very dangerous for kids and very old people so why do these fu*kers do such a big foss about it here and wanna kill the poor pigs. i mean who do u think u are to judge about life of some poor creatures who live to die and be eaten by us i know some people here dont eat pork but this still doesnt give them the right to say that they want to kill the poor pigs cause i say if u have nothing better to say than talk crap go geat wasted and dont talk crap anymore
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I doesn’t surprise me that some nations are offended by the term “Swine Flu”. There are some deep seated feelings about porcine products and religious traditions.
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