Dr. Ahmed Al-Zobair, director of the national influenza program in the Ministry of Public Health and Population, revealed that the number of deaths of people infected with H1N1 flu in Yemen has risen to 426, out of a total of 23,406 suspected cases during the past three years.
Noting in a special statement to “26 September” that the total number of suspected cases of H1N1 flu during the past year 2019 amounted to 7364 cases, of which 310 died, while the number of suspected cases in the year 2018 reached 8522 cases, 71 of whom died, and the number of deaths in 2017 45 cases out of a total of 7520 suspected cases.
Stressing that the Ministry of Public Health and Population, with direct guidance and supervision from the Minister of Health, Dr. Taha Al-Mutawakkil, has declared a state of alert to confront this disease, as the Ministry has allocated sections and a family of intensive care in hospitals and public hospitals to treat influenza cases and directing to allocate 3 rooms in each private hospital to receive and treat those cases Providing quantities of vaccine for the medical staff in contact with the cases and providing sufficient quantities of treatment for the dangerous cases.
Noting in a special statement to “26 September” that the total number of suspected cases of H1N1 flu during the past year 2019 amounted to 7364 cases, of which 310 died, while the number of suspected cases in the year 2018 reached 8522 cases, 71 of whom died, and the number of deaths in 2017 45 cases out of a total of 7520 suspected cases.
Stressing that the Ministry of Public Health and Population, with direct guidance and supervision from the Minister of Health, Dr. Taha Al-Mutawakkil, has declared a state of alert to confront this disease, as the Ministry has allocated sections and a family of intensive care in hospitals and public hospitals to treat influenza cases and directing to allocate 3 rooms in each private hospital to receive and treat those cases Providing quantities of vaccine for the medical staff in contact with the cases and providing sufficient quantities of treatment for the dangerous cases.
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