Patient Zero Found In Swine Flu Pandemic

A five-year-old boy who lives in a small village in Mexico is said to be the first human patient to have contracted the swine flu virus. In his home village of La Gloria, the young child named Edgar Hernandez has survived his bout with the new influenza strain known as H1N1 and is now fully recovered.

The village has a population of around 3,000 people and is located near several pig farms. The outbreak was first reported on April 2nd, 2009 and prompted the arrival of health officials, who took several biological samples from sufferers in the village. Edgar's case was found to be the only swine flu virus infection at the time, and the rest of the samples taken from individuals were found to be only normal human influenza strains.

People across Mexico and the United States, the two countries so far who have been impacted most by the swine flu virus, are running scared for their lives! Not really, but President Obama says the outbreak is not cause for alarm, only for concern. People should remain watchful for swine flu symptoms in others they come in contact with. Mexico City public venues were ordered to be closed, and several other countries throughout the world saw governments and municipal authorities issuing precautions to their citizens regarding safe and proper care of themselves and others they come in contact with, including the exercise of caution and proper hygiene. So far it is not believed that pork which has been properly handled is able to spread viral infection of the swine flu from pigs to humans.