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They continue to face vaccination shortages for H1N1
The Ministry of Health has a few doses of vaccine against the H1N1 virus that are applied to priority groups, as reported by the Director General for Public Health Surveillance, Carlos Saenz.
According to Saenz, this is due to the availability of manufacturing companies, as this year, only 130.000 applied dose unlike last year when disposed of 617.000 doses.
"Right now, only little amount of vaccine that we have to respond to some cases of high priority ... pregnant women over 50, diabetics, obese people with cancer or HIV, it is likely to complicate and die, "said Saenz.
The MoH reported yesterday 16 new cases that would add a total of 241 infections, of which only one is hospitalized and a woman is pregnant.
The director of The Pet Hospital, Gerardo Mejia, said they have reported only two cases of H1N1, tested in the laboratory, but have made more than 100 clinical diagnoses, to whom the treatment is applied to prevent further infections, according to a technique Mejia has given better results in the world.
In Central America are not reported outbreaks of the virus as opposed to Nicaragua and El Salvador. In the latter the date only six cases have been reported in the year. According to Saenz also breaks out in Bolivia and Chile. The authorities insist that the figures are not alarming.