环球华报：来势汹汹甲流威胁再袭加国
(环球华报) 甲型H1N1流感继续在全球蔓延，近日更似有新一轮疫情爆发之势。世卫组织日前宣布，甲型流感的大流行已不可遏制，因此世界各国都将需要甲流疫苗。智利总统巴切莱特形容，这是“50年来最严重”的疫情。据悉，世界各国已开始谈论展开大规模注射防疫的课题。
加拿大是遭受甲型H1N1流感袭击最严重的国家之一，迄今确诊病例已逼近万例大关，居世界第三位。随着卑诗省也开始出现甲流患者死亡病例，加西疫情不容忽视。卑诗省首席医务官肯德尔（Dr. Perry Kendall）警告说，省民还会面对更多甲流患者死亡。卑诗省疾病控制中心传染病专家斯克沃斯基（Danuta Skowronski）博士也特别指出，公共社会应该高度警惕加强预防，千万不要低估。
卑省出现首宗死亡病例
卑诗省出现首宗H1N1甲流患者死亡病例，死者為7岁、居住在低陆平原的幼童，亦有一名曾与受病毒感染病人同住的年轻女子死亡。
卑诗卫生服务厅和卑诗疾病控制中心（BCCDC）披露，该名幼童属菲沙卫生区域，生前有其他健康问题，患者在周日入院，24小时內死亡。
卑诗省首席医务官肯德尔向该名儿童的家人表示同情。他指出，大部分人都能抵御病毒，但一些人有其他健康问题，免疫能力不足或严重患病，也会死亡。
至於另一宗年轻女子病死个案，卑诗疾控中心发言人沃迪亚（Roy Wadia）指出，她来自菲沙卫生区域，由於她生前未证实染有病毒，只肯定她曾与感染病毒人士一起居住。这女子生前同样有其他健康问题，上周三入院。
目前卑诗省共有382宗確认病例，其中191宗属菲沙卫生区域，而来自温哥华沿岸卫生区域有101宗。迄今有14人需入院治疗，5人曾入住深切治疗部。
东西岸夏令营成批中招
加拿大有多个夏令营遭遇有甲型H1N1流感病毒，位于卑诗维农（Vernon）的陆军少年团夏季训练营亦受甲流侵袭，其中1人已经确诊，27人感到不适，至今仍有19人隔离。该夏令营有来自全加各地的青少年800多名，其中逾百名来自卑诗低陆平原，当中也有一些华裔。
在过去一周，安省中部地区三个夏令营暴发甲型H1N1流感，营地的1275名儿童中已有227人确诊感染，而480员工中也有61人受流感侵袭。有官员认为，疫情暴发可能是由于受感染者进入夏令营传染给其他营员造成的。
据悉，受感染者上周开始出现流感症状，疫情可能是有人在进入夏令营之前染上甲流，然后又传染给其他营员造成。上述3个夏令营共有1275名儿童和480名工作人员。
而昨天（16日）卫生官员证实安省有多达9个夏令营发生甲型流感病例及类似流感病例。据称徵状均轻微，无人需要住院治疗。目前这些营地仍然开放，但对受感染的儿童已经进行隔离并送回家里。
加国疫情有蔓延之势
魁省卫生官员昨日也报告一宗甲流患者死亡病例。卫生官员说，患者為一名60多岁的妇女，来自蒙特利尔，她原本有其他健康问题。魁省现有17宗甲流患者死亡病例，全省確认病例超过2250宗。
至截稿时为止，根据加拿大卫生部统计，全国死亡病例增至45宗，除卑诗省和魁省外，其他省呈报的死亡病例為：安省15宗、曼省6宗、萨省3宗、阿省3宗。
各方应对秋季大流行
尽管目前这一新型流感的致死率并不高，但加卫生部门对疫情发展保持高度警惕，并正为今年秋天疫情可能的大流行准备应对措施。卑诗省疾病控制中心通联部主任瓦迪亚（Roy Wadia）指出，基本预防手段仍然有效，即勤洗手，有病最好不要外出，咳嗽或擤鼻涕一定要用东西掩住鼻口。一经发现感染，要马上寻医救治，不得延误。
甲流今春首次暴发以来，卫生专家对其发展趋势尚无明确判断。但一个普遍担心是，甲流有可能像1918年西班牙流感一样，春天第一波疫情发生时比较温和，但秋冬季节会以更凶猛之势卷土重来。据统计，1918年西班牙流感在全球范围内造成几千万人死亡，在加拿大5万人死亡，占当时全加总人口0.6％。加拿大卫生专家据此预测，甲流如果今年秋冬卷土重来，病毒致命性可能会增强，有可能会导致更多人死亡。
据了解，眼下加拿大科学家和有关企业正加紧研制生产甲流疫苗，并希望在11月之前能生产出足够数量的有效疫苗，为全国所有人口进行接种。但从目前情况来看，疫苗的生产情况并不理想。世界卫生组织也有官员反映，根据疫苗生产厂家报告，当前疫苗的生产速度比预期慢很多。
而联邦自由党则批评保守党政府的卫生部长艾鲁卡（Leona Aglukkaq）在这场抗流感的战役中领导不力。
Open letter to Minister Aglukkaq re: H1N1
Dear Minister Aglukkaq:
I am writing on behalf of the Liberal caucus to express my growing concern over your silence on the federal government’s preparedness for the spread of the H1N1 flu virus across Canada.
To date, there have been nearly 10,000 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Canada, resulting in 39 deaths. The medical community agrees that this is a serious public health issue and we need to be ready for a severe escalation within the next few months.
Despite this threat, I do not see clear public leadership from you to ensure that all Canadians have the necessary information and resources to protect themselves against the spread of H1N1. In my meetings with health officials from across the country over the course of the past several weeks, the message has been the same: the federal government is invisible on this urgent issue.
Canadians are anxious for more than hollow assurances from their government that everything possible is being done to protect them. They need greater clarity around what plans, if any, Health Canada has for managing this escalating public health issue - what is working well, what have we learned and improved, and an honest assessment of where challenges still exist.
As such, the Liberal caucus hereby requests the following:
• A nation-wide public awareness campaign by the Public Health Agency of Canada - one that goes beyond the information simply posted on the department’s website - that provides the very latest information about the virus, what Canada is doing in response and what steps Canadians can take to protect themselves;
• Allow Canada’s Chief Public Officer of Health, Dr. David Butler Jones, to speak regularly and directly to Canadians without political interference;
• The exact number of H1N1 vaccines that have been ordered in preparation for a potential fall outbreak, showing how it compares with the number of priority Canadians your department has identified as requiring the vaccine, and a plan to get those vaccines administered;
• A sufficient number of the special ventilators required to treat individuals in all regions of Canada who are hospitalized due to H1N1, and the plan for sufficient health providers to help across provincial and territorial boundaries;
• Hand sanitizers for all households in Aboriginal communities that lack running water, to be provided immediately; and
• A working group within the Health Department to actively identify communities that are least prepared to deal with an H1N1 outbreak, and then work alongside community leaders to assist them in preparations.
Given the urgency of this situation, your immediate response on these matters is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your reply.
Sincerely,
Dr. Carolyn Bennett
Liberal Health Critic
Member of Parliament for St. Paul’s
http://www.liberal.ca/en/newsroom/media-releases/16024_open-letter-to-minister-aglukkaq-re-h1n1
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