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Influenza virus A has five people hospitalized in critical condition in hospitals
26/12/2010 - 15:15 By Natalia Faria
Directorate General of Health recommends the intensification of the vaccination campaign, which remains low among health professionals Directorate General of Health (DH) has registered five people hospitalized in Portuguese hospitals with influenza A (H1N1), two of them in intensive care . "We have no notification of any deaths, but cases are being treated are very serious," warned the Director General of Health, Francis George, who urges to intensify the campaign of vaccination against that virus. "Five people in hospital should be a warning sign and awareness for the need of the vaccine," reinforced the pulmonologist and consultant to the DGS, Filipe Froes.
"The flu season is still very early and the vaccine takes effect two weeks after being administered," argued George Francisco, considering that "the cases [of influenza A] being followed have a very similar pattern to that of other countries Europe, where, despite the low influenza activity have been reported serious cases. "
In the UK, for example, 302 people were in critical condition because of the flu. Although the local health authorities have failed to realize how many patients have the H1N1 that has spread around the world like a pandemic from 2009, official figures show that 24 people died in recent weeks with the virus. Of these, nine were children and none had 65 or more years old: half had asthma or heart disease, but the other did not detect any risk factors, according to British newspaper "Guardian". Besides these, three more people died in a variant known as type B virus Also in Spain has two flu deaths in recent weeks.
Given these numbers, central Europe for Disease Control and Prevention found that the situation in the UK should serve as a warning to other European countries and railed European governments to adopt measures to encourage vaccination, even the people who contracted the H1N1 year past.
More people vaccinated
In Portugal, accession to the vaccine has been low even among health professionals, as acknowledged by the Director General of Health The only figures available so far are the "Vacinómetro" - a system for real-time monitoring of the coverage rate vaccination of the Portuguese population, spurred by the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology and the Portuguese Association of General Medicine - according to which, until December 14, the vaccination rate was 60 percent among those aged 65 or more years old, down to 49 percent among patients with chronic illness and 50 percent among health professionals.
Numbers are slightly higher than last year, said Filipe Froes second, which does not preclude the vaccination rate remains far from desirable, especially among health professionals - who are, as underlined by the pulmonologist, potential "vectors and victims" virus. "There is nothing, with scientific rigor, indicating the anti-vaccination in the absence of allergy to constituents," says Filipe Froes, matching the vaccine to be "an ethical, scientific and civic" for doctors and nurses.
In the United States, moreover, the health professionals who refuse vaccination "they risk not seeing renewed the contract because, if a patient happens to be infected by a health professional, the compensation paid by the hospital are brutal." Around here there are no sanctions, although the refusal of the vaccine is recorded by a professional
Health
Influenza virus A has five people hospitalized in critical condition in hospitals
26/12/2010 - 15:15 By Natalia Faria
Directorate General of Health recommends the intensification of the vaccination campaign, which remains low among health professionals Directorate General of Health (DH) has registered five people hospitalized in Portuguese hospitals with influenza A (H1N1), two of them in intensive care . "We have no notification of any deaths, but cases are being treated are very serious," warned the Director General of Health, Francis George, who urges to intensify the campaign of vaccination against that virus. "Five people in hospital should be a warning sign and awareness for the need of the vaccine," reinforced the pulmonologist and consultant to the DGS, Filipe Froes.
"The flu season is still very early and the vaccine takes effect two weeks after being administered," argued George Francisco, considering that "the cases [of influenza A] being followed have a very similar pattern to that of other countries Europe, where, despite the low influenza activity have been reported serious cases. "
In the UK, for example, 302 people were in critical condition because of the flu. Although the local health authorities have failed to realize how many patients have the H1N1 that has spread around the world like a pandemic from 2009, official figures show that 24 people died in recent weeks with the virus. Of these, nine were children and none had 65 or more years old: half had asthma or heart disease, but the other did not detect any risk factors, according to British newspaper "Guardian". Besides these, three more people died in a variant known as type B virus Also in Spain has two flu deaths in recent weeks.
Given these numbers, central Europe for Disease Control and Prevention found that the situation in the UK should serve as a warning to other European countries and railed European governments to adopt measures to encourage vaccination, even the people who contracted the H1N1 year past.
More people vaccinated
In Portugal, accession to the vaccine has been low even among health professionals, as acknowledged by the Director General of Health The only figures available so far are the "Vacinómetro" - a system for real-time monitoring of the coverage rate vaccination of the Portuguese population, spurred by the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology and the Portuguese Association of General Medicine - according to which, until December 14, the vaccination rate was 60 percent among those aged 65 or more years old, down to 49 percent among patients with chronic illness and 50 percent among health professionals.
Numbers are slightly higher than last year, said Filipe Froes second, which does not preclude the vaccination rate remains far from desirable, especially among health professionals - who are, as underlined by the pulmonologist, potential "vectors and victims" virus. "There is nothing, with scientific rigor, indicating the anti-vaccination in the absence of allergy to constituents," says Filipe Froes, matching the vaccine to be "an ethical, scientific and civic" for doctors and nurses.
In the United States, moreover, the health professionals who refuse vaccination "they risk not seeing renewed the contract because, if a patient happens to be infected by a health professional, the compensation paid by the hospital are brutal." Around here there are no sanctions, although the refusal of the vaccine is recorded by a professional
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