http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Swine flu in Kenya [The Source: /www.nation.co.ke - 29/06/2009] Kenya has joined the global swine fever watch-list after a visiting British student became the first to be diagnosed with the flu The good news is that medical experts generally consider this flu ‘a relatively mild illness’ and consequently the Public Health minister assures the country the government has capacity to deal with it. Mrs Beth Mugo also asks the nation not to panic and to "shun rumours."In between the bad and good news is a gap of uncertainty – the 20-year-old boy was in the company of 34 British students who have been in Kenya for a week and are now quarantined at a hotel in Kisumu.Airports countrywide remained on high alert, with all air travellers requested to fill the H1N1 surveillance form.So far United States of America leads with 21,449 reported cases and 87 deaths followed by Mexico with 8279 cases but 116 deaths. United Kingdom so far has reported 4,289 cases with one patient succumbing. Current vaccines Kenyans were also warned the current flu vaccines do not cushion one against the new H1N1. "I wish to inform Kenyans that it is most likely that there will be more cases of H1N1 in Kenya...it should be noted that this disease is treatable and usually can resolve on its own,’’ said the minister before giving the global infection rates which show the deaths are minimal.Depending on the outcome of the tests if it will be necessary to carry them on the rest of the students, the figure could go up or stagnate. Health personnel meanwhile are tracking those who had contact with the British students and have been publicly notified that to go for testing —and treatment if they test positive — if they suffer flu-like symptoms.The party landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Sunday June 21 aboard a Virgin Atlantic flight from London and travelled to Kisumu aboard a bus driven by a Kenyan. Two days later the boy developed headache and joint pains."On Wednesday his girlfriend in Nottingham, United Kingdom, who had been in close contact with him earlier in the UK called and informed him that she had tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) also known as swine flu," said the minister.She went on: "The British national who happens to be a medical, visited one of our facilities and samples were taken and brought to Nairobi on Sunday 2:30pm for testing. The sample was tested CDC-Kemri and the National Influenza Centre (laboratories in Nairobi. The sample tested positive for Influenza A (H1N1) – Swine Flu – in both laboratories.’’ The public also ought to know the main signs of Swine Flu: fever, cough, headache, muscle and joint pain, chills and fatigue, sore throat and runny nose, and sometimes vomiting and diarrhoea. Precautionary measure Mugo said Kenya has stocked 50,000 doses of Tamiflu – an effective Swine Flu cure - worth Sh61million donated by World Health Organisation only two weeks ago as a precautionary measure.