2 Swine flu cases in the TRNC

canyavuz


Joined: 22/02/2009
Posts: 363

Message Posted:
30/06/2009 13:45

2 Turkish Cypriots (Britons) in the TRNC on their holiday have been found to have the H1N1 Virus.



3 guesses how the virus got to the TRNC!

(The useless Greek Cypriot administrated area)

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
30/06/2009 13:51

Could this account for the fact that on the way home yesterday, a load of students boarded the plane in Antalya wearing masks?

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
30/06/2009 13:56

RE msg 1, canyavuz > 2 Turkish Cypriots (Britons) in the TRNC on their holiday have been found to have the H1N1 Virus. 3 guesses how the virus got to the TRNC! (The useless Greek Cypriot administrated area) <



=> So they must have flown from the UK to Larnaca in "the useless Greek Cypriot administrated area"... They should have flown to TRNC's International Airport Ercan!



You're sure they didn't catch the virus in the UK...?

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
30/06/2009 17:53

can think of a lot more swines that that in cyprus

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
30/06/2009 20:05

Went to Turkey 3 weeks ago on the plane we had to fill in a health decleration, at Bodrum airport all the workers were wearing masks.

horselover


Joined: 18/01/2009
Posts: 129

Message Posted:
30/06/2009 22:59

flu is flu. no matter what name the government give it to scare people into havin vaccinations that are more harmful than healthy. thousands die of flu every year, usually the very young, already sick, and elderly. Flu is around every year. the idea of epidemic is rubbish.

lesshaw42



Joined: 21/01/2009
Posts: 101

Message Posted:
30/06/2009 23:04

oh no ive got the flu what shall i do to stop it becoming the most leathal form......MAN FLU..........

canyavuz


Joined: 22/02/2009
Posts: 363

Message Posted:
01/07/2009 02:35

Dutchcrusader, message 3,



Not necessarily. The Virus could have spread from somebody in the south to the North, and these Britons could have caught it from somebody in the North that had/has it.

Or they could have caught it in the UK, as you said.



I think Ercan airport needs to adopt a similar tecnique that Istanbul airport has. Heat sensor cameras are placed at the passport control booths, and those with high temperatures are stopped and checked.

Yes, it may not be the most efficient, as you could have a simple fever, but it really does help, and is exactly how the first case of the flu was found in Turkey.

buzzylizzy


Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 200

Message Posted:
01/07/2009 12:32

its now 6 !!!!

ingalill


Joined: 17/06/2009
Posts: 136

Message Posted:
01/07/2009 13:22

Im coming this sunday to Cyprus, and unfortunately I will land in Larnaca and then i will go by bus to Nicosia then to north side. I am wondering if i should wear mask all the time or not? Is it possible to get infected inside airport or not? Anyone knows they are checking people in Larnaca ? My plane is not coming from UK...in my country we had only 2 cases with H1N1...tourists that came from USA.

clarets



Joined: 08/01/2009
Posts: 752

Message Posted:
01/07/2009 13:41

Msg 7....that is the second most lethal.We all know BIRD flu is much more dangerous....that is why our surgeries are full of women! LOL

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
01/07/2009 13:47

I've had a few pig scaring viruses in my life!



Richard

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
01/07/2009 14:33

Adopt the 'veil' if any one is that worried, then nobody will sit next to you. You'll be avoided like the plague!!! or even the berke !!!(cant spell it)

kelly25


Joined: 29/05/2008
Posts: 365

Message Posted:
01/07/2009 21:27

Ercan airport has got those heat sensors there. They were there when we came back from Istanbul a couple of weeks ago. Someone was caught with a high temperature and was quarantined and tested. Turns out he only had "normal" flu, so they let him go. We also had to fill in health declarations, on the way to Istanbul and on the way back as well.

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
01/07/2009 22:05

in the incubation stage the swine flu wont show up on the scanner

suntanman



Joined: 18/04/2007
Posts: 721

Message Posted:
15/07/2009 21:58

The first symptoms of swine/pig flu..........you come out in rashers

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
15/07/2009 22:06

suntanman



rashers.........of bacon? Hence swine flu? Or will the pink pig fly?



Richard

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 07:53

suntanman,

Rub some oinkment on it then!

Keith

Sandcastle


Joined: 16/03/2009
Posts: 215

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 13:52

How long is the incubation period before you show symptoms?

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
18/07/2009 16:55

Flew into Ercan last night and there was an ambulance outside the arrivals area and a couple of people were sitting to one side all wearing masks so hopefully the cameras are working.

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
23/12/2009 10:47

From... http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/turkish-cypriot-side-has-absorbed-99-cent-eu-aid/20091222



A SECOND person has died in the north as a result of the H1N1 flu, according to a statement by the Turkish Cypriot authorities. A 45-year-old woman with no previous health problems was believed to have caught the virus on December 11, though she was not hospitalised until three days later on December 14. To date, three people have died of the H1N1 flu virus in the government-controlled areas. All three had previous health complications.

Navek

Pippie


Joined: 02/12/2009
Posts: 1288

Message Posted:
23/12/2009 18:40

I seem to remember reading somewhere when bird flu was around that although people were wearing face masks, they were really ineffective, something to do with the holes between the fibres of the masks and your inhaling and exhaling through the fibres that helps the virus to get through anyway. Better to wash your hands regularly, especially after visiting the toilet in the pubs etc., don't shake hands with people too much (or kiss too many people on Christmas Eve!).