Cheek Kiss Tradition Transmitted Potential Flu Pig

Cheek kissing tradition in France known as La bise is so entrenched. Although not prohibited, Guilvinec city government, in western France asked its citizens to avoid La bise.

La bise is a kiss on the cheek to say hello hello or goodbye. Local authorities fear that the tradition of kissing the cheek could be the kiss of death in the middle of the swine flu threat still not be tamed.

Although the number of deaths due to swine flu in France very little, only 3 cases, but the government worried swine flu infections will increasingly widespread especially before winter.

"I ask the kids not to kiss again," the mayor said Helene Tanguy Guilvinec as quoted from aolnews, Thursday (10/9/2009).

Tanguy admitted swine flu prevention by diligent hand washing, covering mouths when sneezing are nothing if still let the kids keep kissing La bise.

"It could be we were the first city to do it, this is only the latest efforts for sanitation purposes. There is no punishment for those who do la bise," he said.

While the French government itself through the telephone hotline so that residents warned to avoid too close body contact, including shaking hands and do la bise, or stroking the face of a sick person.

"This is just a recommendation but not the obligation so people are free to do what they like," said a hotline operator.

In addition to other countries such as France Lebanon and Mexico also has appealed the citizens to avoid the habit of kissing his cheek. WHO data as of 4 September 2009 mentions this H1N1 virus has claimed the lives of 2837 people in the world since it first appearance in Mexico and the United States. In addition, more than 250 thousand cases worldwide, confirmed this virus.

Most cases of swine flu outbreak is mild cases that do not require special treatment.

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