Detail Global health: Watching nervously   Oleh:  The Economist Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 391 no. 8629 (May 2009), page 67. Topik: Mexico; Influenza Virus; Pandemic; Economic Costs Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.55 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel A new influenza virus is spreading across the globe. Our first article asks whether the world is ready for the next pandemic. Our second assesses the economic costs THE football stadiums, restaurants and churches of Mexico City are empty, and the latest must-have fashion accessory is the cubreboca. Though the army was dispatched to hand out millions of these face masks free, supplies in pharmacies are almost exhausted and people have been outraged as some sellers have raised the price of those that remain to an unheard-of 50 pesos (around $3.50). Whenever someone sneezes or coughs, those nearby try to walk away as fast as they can without being rude. A proffered hand or cheek is treated as though the profferer has plague. Which, in a sense, he might. As the world now knows, Mexico was the first country affected by a new and deadly strain of influenza that has leapt the species barrier from pigs to people. The first, but not the last. As The Economist went to press, 2,500 Mexicans were known to have symptoms that looked like the result of this new virus, and more than 170 had died of them, though only eight of the dead were confirmed carriers of the new virus. That virus has now turned up in 12 other countries on four continents (see map), and the deaths have begun beyond Mexico’s borders, starting with a baby in Texas. This could be the beginning of an influenza pandemic—an event long predicted, to the point that many seemed to hear the cry of “Wolf!”, especially when money was being spent on precautions. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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