Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

The president of the Honduran Chemical and Pharmaceutical Association, Alfredo Farach said Honduras is not prepared for a possible Swine Flu outbreak because the vaccine against the illness is not available in Honduras, the only available medications are anti-virals that have had good results in other countries.

The anti-virals available are Jucamin, a chinese vaccine, Glulacol and Tamiflux available on the Honduran market.

According to Farach, Tamiflux is the same as Tamiflu that other countries that have reported cases of the Swine Flu such as the United States are distributing.

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The Russian government has suspended imports of all meat from Mexico as well as Texas, California and Kansas shipped after April 21 on fears of the spread of swine flu. In addition, China has banned pork imports from Mexico and the U.S. states of Texas, Kansas and California

The Russian suspension also applies to pork shipped from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Florida after April 21. Russia also suspended imports from the nations of Guatemala, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama and El Salvador.

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Ticket sales for the USA’s World Cup qualifier against Honduras on June 6 at Soldier Field in Chicago have surpassed 32,000!

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Passengers are screened for swine flu upon arrival at the Toncontin International Airport in Honduras on April 27, 2009.

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