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Tegucigalpa, May 6 (EFE) .- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Honduras today confirmed the death of four people in this Central American country due to influenza A virus and recommended adopting preventive measures, particularly vaccination. The representative of the PAHO in Honduras, Piedad Huerta, told reporters that so far this year confirmed four cases of death from influenza type A H1N1. According to local media, one of the cases was registered in a private hospital in Tegucigalpa, while the others occurred in a state hospital, also in the capital.
The Ministry of Health has reported that the number of deaths from influenza H1N1, rose to five, reporting, 116 cases nationwide. The health authorities will not yet declare an epidemic of H1N1 influenza in Honduras. According to the executive summary that will be released today, there are 12 cases of one-year-old patients with H1N1 and eight affected with type B influenza, for a total of 20; from one to four years of age with H1N1 24 patients and with influenza type B 22 cases for a total of 46. From five to 14 years there are 10 cases of H1N1 and patients with influenza type B, 19 people for a total of 29; from 15 to 49 years of age, 10 cases are reported with H1N1 and with influenza type B, five affected for a total of 15.
Health authorities in Honduras are investigating the death of a sixth patient in a hospital allegedly because of influenza A, a virus that has affected some 116 people in the country this year. The death in a Tegucigalpa medical center of a man, whose age and name were not specified, is the sixth case of deaths related to this virus, National Health Surveillance coordinator Homer Mej?a told reporters. He noted that he is still waiting for laboratory results to confirm whether the death of the sixth person can be attributed to the virus. The death would have occurred the previous week and would have been caused by complications not specified, according to local media.
One-year-old girl would be sixth victim of H1N1 influenza
A girl a year and a half old, attended at the University School Hospital (HEU) would be the sixth victim of H1N1 influenza. According to preliminary information, the minor was admitted with apparent symptoms of dengue, since seven days ago she was internal, however, her death was reported yesterday due to H1N1 influenza. The small one remained in the HEU, which she entered from the southern part of the country. According to the preliminary information of the case, he was initially diagnosed with dengue. It was reported that the patient, identified as Victoria Daniela Miranda, lost her life due to a septic shock, so that with this death there are now seven people who have died from this pandemic.
The dead are up to ten and 140 affected by the A flu in Honduras
Tegucigalpa, May 11 (ACAN-EFE) .- The Ministry of Health of Honduras announced today the death of two people due to influenza A H1N1, which brings to ten the fatalities caused by the disease in the country, including two minors.The Honduran Minister of Health, Octavo S?nchez, said that most of the deaths have been registered in the departments of Cort?s and Francisco Moraz?n, north and center of the country.He also noted that among the fatalities there are two girls of 19 months and two years, three women and five men.
A minor of 10 months of birth died on Wednesday night in the Regional Hospital of the South of Choluteca, supposedly because of the influenza A H1N1 virus. Authorities of the health center informed that the minor entered the emergency room several days ago suffering from pneumonia. Apparently the disease in the girl developed rapidly until death. Some specialists do not rule out that he may have been a victim of the influenza A H1N1 virus. It also transpired that in that hospital there is another case of a minor suspected of influenza, who remains in the intensive care unit. The hospital authorities have shown themselves to be hermetic and hope that both cases will be confirmed or discarded in the analysis laboratories in Tegucigalpa.
Two more deaths confirmed for influenza in Honduras
Tegucigalpa - Authorities of the Ministry of Health confirmed the death of two people due to H1N1 influenza, so the death toll rises to 12 in the first five months of this 2018. The head of epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, Diana N??ez, reported that the two deaths are of a patient of seven months and an adult, from Yoro and Tegucigalpa. He indicated that at the epidemiological week number 20 the two deaths were confirmed, as well as 190 confirmed cases of influenza of which 127 are of type H1N1 and 63 type B. "We are not in an emergency situation, but in a phase that can increase cases," said the official.
The national coordinator of influenza surveillance of the Ministry of Health (Sesal), Homer Mej?a, confirmed nationally add to 13 deaths from the H1N1 influenza virus and 200 people infected with this disease."We have 200 cases already confirmed of influenza, 67 for influenza B and the rest for H1N1 influenza, always the largest number of cases is in the two metropolitan regions, which is the Tegucigalpa and San Pedros Sula" said the doctor.Mej?a said that the thirteenth mortal victim of H1N1 is a two-year-old girl, from the municipality of Ojojona and was treated at the Pediatric Specialty Hospital Mar?a with a heart disease.To avoid infection, the health authorities recommend that people who are in the risk group go to get vaccinated, especially women in pregnancy.
Report the death of another person due to Influenza
The head of the Department of surveillance of the Ministry of Health, Diana N??ez, confirmed the death of a person because of the H1N1 Influenza, so this would be the victim number 16.The mortal victim is a 54-year-old male and originally from Tegucigalpa, reported N??ez."He is a person who suffered from blood pressure, which caused his death, so the Ministry of Health asks all people with chronic diseases to get the vaccine," he added.In that sense, on June 6, death number 15 had been reported due to H1N1 influenza disease in Honduras. TT / Hondudiario.
Up to 17 people killed by H1N1 flu this 2018 in Honduras
The Deputy Minister of Health, Roberto Cosenza, confirmed tonight that a patient of the Honduran Institute of Social Security (IHSS), became the victim 17 for the H1N1 influenza. "What we have confirmed is a victim from Social Security in Tegucigalpa," Cosenza told television channel HCH. He also noted that the Ministry of Health is conducting investigations into the deaths of two children if they died of influenza. "Tests have been sent to confirm if it has really been the cause of these two deaths from the influenza virus, are two minors, a girl of four years and a boy of eleven," he explained. The official asked the Honduran population to continue using preventive measures and continue to go to vaccination campaigns. On June 21 of this year, the victim number 16 was reported for this virus after the death of a 54-year-old man from Tegucigalpa suffering from complications in blood pressure.-Proceso.hn
The deaths due to H1N1 influenza in Honduras amount to 18
The Ministry of Health of Honduras reported Monday that in 2018 there have been a total of 18 deaths caused by H1N1 influenza.The undersecretary of Health, Roberto Cosenza, explained that the number of people infected by this virus adds 357 nationwide.The official indicated that the department of Francisco Moraz?n is the place in the national territory where the largest number of cases predominates, with 139, followed by Cort?s with 106.Cosenza reminded the population that the national vaccination day has been extended, urging her to go to health centers to be immunized against influenza.
4-year-old girl is the new victim of Influenza A H1N1 in Honduras
In addition, the Ministry of Health investigates the death of a child under 11 in the city of Choluteca, as a suspect of the disease.The health authorities have registered to date at least 357 cases of influenza A H1N1 nationwide predominating the majority in the department of Francisco Moraz?n with 139 and in Cort?s with 106.
In the epidemiological report the authorities of the Ministry of Health (Sesal), reported until Wednesday a total of 19 people killed by the H1N1 influenza virus nationwide. However, the death of an elderly person was later reported by this same virus, so the death toll rose to 20. The undersecretary of Health, Roberto Cosenza, explained that the eighteenth fatality is a minor of age 11, from the department of Choluteca. He added that the Surveillance department investigates another death reported in the eastern part of the country. The doctor called on the population to take preventive measures against this disease and the groups considered at risk to go to get vaccinated, since it extended the week of immunization for another week.
They rise from 18 to 21 deaths from H1N1 influenza this week
Deaths in Honduras from influenza or influenza rose from 18 to 21 this week, while more than 300 patients who have contracted the virus are counted, an official source reported today. The last death is that of a 9-month-old boy, who died of influenza type B, said the national coordinator of Health Surveillance, Homer Mej?a, to reporters. He added that the child was originally from the municipality of Marcovia, department of Choluteca, bordering Nicaragua, southern Honduras. The Central American country has so far this year more than 300 cases of patients who have contracted influenza type A, most in the departments of Francisco Moraz?n and Cort?s, central and northern Honduras, according to figures from the Ministry of Health.
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