The early signs and symptoms of influenza A (H1N1) are flue-like, including fever, cough, headache, muscle and joint pain, sore throat and runny nose. Reports by the Uganda’s ministry of health, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Kampala office also indicates that sometimes vomiting and or diarrhea is part of the symptoms of influenza.

Can people contract influenza through eating pork? The answer is a big NO! Dr. Christine Androa says that influenza A (H1N1) flu viruses are not transmitted through food (or eating pork). You can not get the virus from eating properly handed and cooked pork, so it is safe to eat your pork even during an outbreak of influenza.

How to kill an influenza virus? The influenza virus can be killed by cooking temperatures above 70 degrees centigrade. If you eat food from an animal that was sick or had died before it was slaughtered you are taking major risks of getting other infections and not influenza A (H1N1) virus.

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