H1N1 Especially Tough on Children

Human swine flu is hospitalizing three to four times as many children than regular seasonal influenza, new data from a nationwide surveillance system show.  During the week of Nov. 7 alone, 264 children were hospitalized. "It is causing significant illness in children all across Canada.“ ”We're seeing more children in the 2 to 5, and 5 to 9 age groups than we usually do in a normal flu season," Vaudry said.
全國性監測係統的新資料顯示，小孩患人類豬流感的住院人數是一般季節性流感的三到四倍。僅十一月七日這個周，就有264個孩子住院。它正在引起全加拿大範圍內孩子的值得注意的疾病。“ ”跟通常的正常流感季節相比，我們看到更多的孩子在 2-5歲和5-9歲的年齡段," 汪錐說。