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Swine flu 'will be contained'

WHO donates vaccine for Cup

Feb 8, 2010 10:43 PM | By NKOSANA LEKOTJOLO

Deputy Health Minister Molefi Sefularo said swine flu would not put a damper on the World Cup in June - thanks to a donation of more than 3 million doses of vaccine by the UN's World Health Organisation.


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Speaking in Pretoria, Sefularo said he was confident that the virus would be contained during the World Cup.

South Africa had ordered about 1.3 million doses of swine flu vaccine to deal with the expected outbreak, but the WHO offered a further 3 million doses to help restrict the spread of the virus.

"Overall, we don't think swine flu will be our biggest challenge. We have learned from last year how to deal with an outbreak so it won't be a major problem," he said.

Sefularo said he hoped the vaccine donated by the WHO would be used starting in April, when South Africa embarks on a national swine flu vaccination drive.

But Sefularo warned that other diseases, such as measles, could be spread in South Africa by World Cup visitors.

He said South African border posts would carry greater risk of disease transfer than airports.

"We believe that a lot of people will be coming into the country through the borders rather than [through] the airports," he said.

"I'm very happy about the readiness around the stadiums but areas of concern are outside Fifa's authorised public viewing spaces, where people will meet in spontaneous gatherings. It's hard to plan for such gatherings," Sefularo said.

Sefularo was updating World Cup health co-ordinators from around the country involved in emergency medical services, hospital services, port health, environmental health, communicable diseases control, health promotion and the military health service.

Pumzile Kedama, the 2010 health readiness head, said the focus was on border posts to ensure that there would not be a disease outbreak.

Exotic foods carried by visitors will be checked.

"We will have port health officers stationed at the border posts to ensure that anyone entering the country is not a health risk," Kedama said.


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Feb 9 2010 06:22:40 AM
steveninthematrix
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and the patent for the vaccine was filed 2 years before the virus ever spread..... ???

and they admit that H1N1 has parts of pig, bird and human flu dna...

THINK ABOUT THAT SLOWLY... , did a pigeon find a pig somewhere?

i.e. its an engineered disease (like AIDS and Ebola), to get the world ready for mass vaccination...

dont take the vaccine... this vaccine has already killed many..

google 'dangers of vaccines'

the world wide spanish flu in 1918, only started after mass vaccinations.. get it?!

Regards

Steven

contactable on stevenonearth At gmail.com
Feb 9 2010 06:42:46 AM
Akihito Irukandji
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Swine flu, measels, and other diseases are the least of our worries. Corruption, greed, crime, an incompetent government, a president with the morals of an alley cat, these are the real killers. Unfortunately there is no vaccine for available.
Feb 9 2010 08:21:45 AM
Bart Gee
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Same as when the Swine Flu broke out in the US... SA Health Dept got up and EXPRESSED, "IT will not happen here"

Like hell!!

I see they shouting the odds AGAIN!!!
Feb 9 2010 10:49:23 AM
steveninthematrix
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google 'dangers of vaccines'

pharmaceutical companies create the diseases and then patent the cure before the disease is launched, normally through the air

google 'chem trails'

get informed...

wake up....

stop trusting the government and politicians and bankers and obama and oprah and the BBC

regards

Steven
Feb 9 2010 11:57:40 AM
SethMaverick
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Swine flu doesn't affect children of the soil.............