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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Four cases of swine flu have been reported in the Bahamas, Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands confirmed Tuesday.
Dr. Sands said that today, the new patient was hospitalized.
The Minister of Health said he wanted everyone to know that they can protect themselves and their families from swine flu.
Swine Flu Vaccines are given free at local clinics, said Sands. He also urged
Bahamians to use good hygiene.
"About 2,500 people have been vaccinated against swine flu, …[with] That said, we can confirm that there has been another case of H1N1 flu, "said Dr. Sands.
The health minister said he wanted to dissociate the idea of a simple swine flu epidemic simply because it seemed interesting.
"We are talking about seasonal flu, and the H1N1 virus has been linked to the term swine flu …"
The Minister of Health added that he wanted everyone to understand the seriousness of the flu, whether it is swine flu or another strain of the flu.
"The fact that the H1N1 subtype is one of the types of flu does not mean that other types are not serious," he said.
According to the Department of Statistics, the number of influenza cases reported in the Bahamas varies from 200 to 650 per year.
The flu season extends from October to May and peaks around February.
According to the Ministry of Public Health, there have been 403 clinical cases of influenza in 2017 and four confirmed cases of swine flu.
H1N1 flu is also known as swine flu. It is called swine flu because once people who caught it were in direct contact with pigs. That changed several years ago, with the appearance of a new virus that has spread to people who were not near pigs.
In 2009, the H1N1 virus was spreading rapidly around the world. The World Health Organization has therefore called it a pandemic. Since then swine flu has continued to cause diseases, but not as much.
Swine Flu Symptoms include: cough, fever, sore throat, stuffy or runny nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue.
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