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In the year 2009 due to the swine flu symptoms australian government was forced to take preventive measures on the aircrafts that arrived from America to Australia. This was a preventive step taken by the Australian government to hinder the entrance of this virus on the Australian continent. The Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) checked the health of each and every passenger of the craft to identify whether they were suffering from swine flu virus or not and if anyone was found to be affected with the virus then AQIS gave him optional medical measures required to cope up with symptoms. The Australian government relayed announcements for the passengers through planes’ PA system to report the panel if they were not feeling well or suffering from flu or flu like symptoms. The government was also observing the situation of swine flu virus worldwide and tried to boost the response level of the people. The preventive measures were also being taken for the pork industry because a large number of pork products are sent every year to the Asian countries from Australia. The Asian countries like China and Russia have been barred to buy the pork products from Mexico and USA as these countries are highly affected with the H1N1 virus. So the Australian government has increased the production of pork meat and pork products to sell in the Asian continents.
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Every year in Australia approximately 2,500-3,000 deaths happen due to seasonal flu. In the year 2009, 36,991 people in Australia were found positive for swine flu. At the end of October 2009 about 186 people died because of swine flu. The report of confirmed cases of swine flu came from different regions of Australia. In May 2009 the first case of swine flu was encountered in Queensland in a 33 year old woman who had gone to Los Angeles and brought the disease with her. The number of cases amounted to 2,440 in victoria out of which 24 patients died. Same was the situation in New South Wales, South Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania. Several cases were found in these places and also resulted into death of many people. Due to the increment in swine flu symptoms australian government started taking some additional steps to restrict this disease from spreading in more and more people. The Australian government ordered CSL Limited which is an Australian-based medicinal products producer to manufacture about ten million doses of vaccine which is able to develop immunity against swine flu virus. The Australian government also opened seven special clinics to detect and treat the influenza patients immediately. The students suffering with flu were given leave from school and were asked to re attain the class only when completely recovered. About 40 million surgical face masks were supplied by the Australian government to the drug stores for the people. The World Health Organization Influenza Centre in North Melbourne was trying to develop vaccine for swine flu from live virus which can be used only after being registered by the regulatory authority.
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