So it’s best not to assume that because it seems to have originated in Mexico, it would stay only in Mexico. Everyone  needs to be aware of and prepared to deal with the possibility that it could arrive in their corner of the world.

Here’s the best way to keep up to date of what’s happening…

1. Learn key facts about Swine Flu and what to do to protect yourself can be found at the Center for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) website. Traveler’s should keep an eye on the CDC Travel Notices. Currently there is one Travel Health Precaution listed for Mexico.

2. Visit the WHO Disease Outbreak News Center and use the  WHO Global Disease Alert Map to see where Swine Flu has spread…

This HealthMap correlates information from numerous news feeds and uses it to map out disease outbreaks.

3.  Set up Google News Alerts with the keyword ’swine flu’ to get up-to-date information emailed to you. Of course, if you are only interested in your country or location, you can add keywords to narrow the alert.

Google Alerts via kwout

4. Keep up-to-date via twitter. Many people seem to think that twitter is just a fun and social network system but it can also be a useful and informative tool in finding out what’s happening.

Reliable resources who are twittering about Swine Flu…

• HealthMap
• SwineFlu 2009 and CDCemergency (CDC twitter)
• whonews (WHO twitter)
• DHSJournal (Homeland Security)

(virus image from CDC)

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