Controversy about where swine flu started in Mexico

Perote, Veracruz - 27 April
2009
1. Man wearing surgical mask walking past fence o
f pig farm
2. Mid of man with pi
gs in enclosure
Pandemic fears as swine flu...

Jun.30 -- A strain of flu virus spreading in Chinese pigs has shown it can also infect humans, suggesting that another pathogen with pandemic potential waits in the wings behind the coronavirus.

1. Wide of news conference

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Garwood, Communications Officer at the World Health Organisation (
WHO):
"Currently we have... as of 0600GMT this morning, 15 May, 34 countries have officially...

May 5, 2009

1. Ambulance waiting outside Metropark H
otel
2. Police, wearing face masks, outside Metro
park Hotel
3. Two quarantined Mexicans, wearing protective clothing and masks, walking out of...

1. Close-up of hotel sign, tilt down to entrance with notices attached to doors

2. Close-up of notice in Korean explaining that hotel is closed for internal construction from 14 - 21 June
2009
3. Wide of...

Swine flu vaccine being cultured in chicken eggs

1. ms fertilised eggs slide toward ma
chine
2. various shots eggs being
injected
3. ms trays
of eggs stacked
4. various shots eggs passi
ng through machines
5....

1. Wide exterior Princess Margaret Hospital, Infectious Disease Centre

2. Mid of sign of Infectious Disease Centre, hospital worker wearing
mask
3. Mid of windows of Infectious Disea
se Centre
4. Mid of...

May.03 -- Steve Matthews, Gro Intelligence senior vice president, discusses the outbreak of African swine fever in China and what it means for the global food chain with Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde, Romaine Bostick and Joe Weisenthal on...

1. Wide of World Health Organisation Regional Committee for Western Pacific

2. Mid of dele
gates
3. Banner, reading: (English) "Sixtieth Session of the World Health Organisation Regional Committee for the...

Baltimore, Maryland - 10 August 2009

1. People entering building where flu vaccine study is being cond
ucted
2. Dr Wilbur Chen, from University of Maryland's Centre for...

CLEAN: California declares swine flu emergency

Jan. 6 -- In today's ""Single Best Chart,"" Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu displays the surge in hospital visits for flu-like symptoms this season. She speaks on ""Bloomberg Surveillance.""

As dozens of children died in the H1N1 flu outbreak of 2009, unexpected glitches delayed production of a vaccine.

Sep.07 -- Brett Stuart, founding partner and president at Global Agritrends, discusses the spreading of swine fever in China and how it will impact the economy. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: Asia."

HEADLINE: Swine flu vaccine in the works

CAPTION: U.S. scientists hope to have a key ingredient for a swine flu vaccine ready in early May. (Apri
l 29)
[Notes:ANCHO
R VOICE]
There's no vaccine to prevent...

Baghdad, Iraq Oct. 22, 2009

1. Close up of padlocked gates at al-Tahrir Secondary Sc
hool
2. Wide of locked up al-Zura Primary School''...

HEADLINE: Swine flu fears prompt global quarantine plans

CAPTION: Countries planned quarantines, tightened rules on pork imports and tested airline passengers for fevers as global health officials tried Sunday to...

HEADLINE: Bloomberg confirms swine flu at school

CAPTION: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed students at a city high school were infected with swine flu....

1. Wide of Thomas Tsang, Controller of the Centre for Health Protection walking into news conference

2. Wide of m
edia
3. Wide of Tsan
g speaking
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Thomas Tsang, Controller of Centre...

June 22, 2009

1. Wide exterior of health depar
tment
2. Health depar
tment sign
3. Presser of h
ealth officials
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Francisco Duque III, Philippi
nes Health Secretary
"I would...

HEADLINE:Dietary tips for swine flu sufferers

CAPTION: You might not feel like eating when you're bedridden with swine flu, but Lucy Jones, dietician and spokesman for the British Dietetic Association, says diet becomes vital to...

Oct. 20 -- In today's ""Single Best Chart,"" Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu displays the impact of prior health risks to retail sales in light of fears over the Ebola virus in the United States. She speaks on ""Bloomberg Surveillance.""

VOICED: US swine flu cases rise as key NY school reopens

VOICED: Global fears mount as swine flu spreads