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  • 23 A/H1N1 fatalities reported in the Dominican Republic - 13 pregnant

    Source: http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=162590

    2/8/2009
    956 thousand and 154 suspected cases confirmed
    It rises to five deaths per influenza AH1N1


    SANTO DOMINGO .- Two other people died of H1N1 flu in the country, which amount to five the number of fatalities caused by the virus, while a total of 956 thousand cases are suspected, and confirmed 154, of whom 53 have been hospitalized, according to the latest bulletin of the General Directorate of Epidemiology of Public Health.

    The agency does not specify details about the two latest victims of the flu, or the location of the health center where he died. Precise in its newsletter that in at least 15 provinces have reported 19 confirmed cases of AH1N1, with the majority in the National District, and the province with 78 Santo Domingo 30.

    Epidemiological Department of Public Health indicates that Santiago had 8 cases reported in La Altagracia, 6, San Cristobal, 5; Peravia, 4, and La Vega, Puerto Plata, 3, in El?as Pi?a, Mar?a Trinidad S?nchez, 1.

    The previous deaths reported by authorities were identified as Lauri Esther Lopez Herrera, 25, who was 25 weeks pregnant, a teenager of 17 years, including a pregnant woman of 50 who had been diagnosed with pneumonia.

    Author: Valdez France

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    Re: 8th AH1N1 fatality reported in the DR

    Source: http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.ph...11622&Itemid=1

    Three additional cases bring to eight deaths from influenza in Dominican
    Written by Moises Saab
    Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

    August 25, 2009, 09:24 image activaSanto Sunday, Aug. 25 (Prensa Latina) The death of three people raised to eight the number killed by the influenza A (H1N1) in the Dominican, whose health minister said his country is ready for the likely second onslaught of the pandemic.

    Bautista Rojas, head of Health, said that the deaths occurred in Santiago (North), Bani, San Cristobal and Havana (South) and said they were "cases were being investigated and that occurred in the last semanas?.


    Following the arrival on this island of the disease, the Health Department fought a daily newsletter with the course of infection, but suspended it weeks later, she recalled.

    The latest news on the website reflect the institution's five deaths, was found.

    Rojas expressed concern about another outbreak of cases due to the start of the school and said the agency under his leadership has a plan and logistics to cope with a possible second bout of the flu, advanced by the World Health Organization.

    He admitted that the high cost of the vaccine against the disease take to be accessible to the most disadvantaged because of their high cost and that Public Health will give priority in immunization to pregnant women, seniors, children and people with chronic illnesses.

    lma / msl

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    • #3
      Re: 17 AH1N1 fatalities reported in the DR- 11 pregnant

      Source: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/256/story/543375.html

      Posted on Monday, 09.14.09

      Dominican recorded 17 deaths from swine flu
      The Associated Press

      SANTO DOMINGO - The dead of swine flu in the Dominican Republic amount to 17 since it declared the disease, authorities said Monday.

      Of the 17 deaths, 15 were women, 11 of them pregnant, according to the National Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health.

      According to official reports, 398 were confirmed cases of influenza, of which 172 have required hospitalization.

      The swine flu cases have been recorded in 25 of the 32 provinces.
      El Nuevo Herald

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      • #4
        Re: 17 AH1N1 fatalities reported in the DR- 11 pregnant

        Source: http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.ph...17019&Itemid=1


        Most Dominicans died of A (H1N1) were younger than 29 years
        Written by Moises Saab
        Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

        September 15, 2009, 07:33 image activaSanto Sunday, September 15th (PL) A sharp increase in deaths among infected with influenza A (H1N1) has worried today that the Dominican health authorities reported 17 deaths, of which nine are registered this month.

        The figure means an increase of 112 percent fulfilled only the first half of September that was marked by a sultry heat and little rain.

        Since the outbreak of the pandemic as such at the beginning of this year, the Dominican government made great efforts, including the installation of a specialized laboratory and extreme measures of prevention, to prevent the disease from spreading in the country.

        The goal seemed finalized until last August, when the death toll stood at eight, mostly pregnant women or patients of other diseases that had affected their system defenses.

        Consistent with the statistics of the Ministry of Health in the country 172 cases have been found positive for infection after reviewing 246 cases, two thousand suspects.

        The newer part of the health authorities drew attention to the fact that most deaths are in people younger than 29 years, but they fail to provide a medical test on that particularity.

        The news is alarming after the announcement of the sources of the World Health Organization in the sense that the pandemic can not be considered settled and warns of a possible rebound.

        lac / msl

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        • #5
          Re: 21 AH1N1 fatalities reported in the DR- 11 pregnant

          Source: http://www.diariodigital.com.do/articulo,45306,html

          SUMAN 21 dead

          Four died of influenza in Dominican
          Of this group 179 remain hospitalized

          By News Services
          Journal DigitalRD.Com

          Santo Domingo, September 21st (PL) The death toll from influenza A (H1N1) in the Dominican Republic this week rose to 21 by the deaths of four patients in a rebound unusual, official sources reported today.

          The vast majority of victims of the ailment, 81 percent, were women, of whom 52 percent had a history of risk pregnancies, add a bulletin of the Ministry of Public Health.

          The text, however, failed to specify the areas in which the deaths have occurred, as he did in the boom times of the pandemic.

          So far, reports the newsletter, samples have been analyzed 310 cases of two thousand suspects, of whom 405 have tested positive, seven of them categorized as "new", although the document does not specify the date on which contracted the disease.

          Of this group 179 remain hospitalized.

          lgo / ms

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          • #6
            Re: 22 AH1N1 fatalities reported in the DR- 12 pregnant

            Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa...aqEsNPIY-0n8Hw


            Increase to 22 the dead by the influenza A in Dominican Republic

            By Agencia EFE - 7 minutes ago

            Santo Domingo, 3 oct (EFE) .- The death toll from influenza A increased to 22 in the Dominican Republic, where there have been 2514 confirmed cases and 424 suspects, according to the latest official report on the H1N1 virus.

            The figures show that deaths among people 18 are female, of which 12 were pregnant or had a history of pregnancy with risk factors.

            People over 29 years are listed as most affected by the H1N1 virus, with 29 percent of confirmed cases.

            The highest number of confirmed cases for the National District with 143, contrary to Montecristi (northwest), where only four known, said the bulletin of the Ministry of Health.

            The authorities say that in 25 provinces have reported the emergence of influenza A and warn about the need to detect early symptoms of the disease.

            In this regard, reported that in children symptoms of influenza A consists of breathing, difficulty breathing and wake up, and little or no desire to eat and play.

            Among the provinces have not reported cases are Pedernales and Independencia (southwest), Commander (west) and Dajab?n (northwest) border with Haiti.

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            • #7
              Re: 23 AH1N1 fatalities reported in the DR- 12 pregnant



              Posted 20:51 pm 05/01/2010

              Add up to 23 deaths from influenza A H1N1 in Dominican Republic
              The Government confirmed a total of 23 deaths and 513 confirmed cases of influenza A H1N1 in the country.

              According to the latest report by the Ministry of Public Health released by the local newspaper Diario Libre, in 2009 it reported 3,000 cases of suspected contagious viral disease, a figure that includes confirmed cases and fatalities.

              According to the document, most of those affected are geographically concentrated in Santo Domingo, the capital and the provinces of Santiago, Puerto Plata and La Altagracia.

              However, it stressed "the proper management and Dominican Republic's strict adherence to the protocol established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in regard to the H1N1 virus."

              LATAM: Report

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              • #8
                Re: 23 A/H1N1 fatalities reported in the Dominican Republic - 12 pregnant



                Dengue death caused 61 people in 2009
                Doris Pantaleon - 1/8/2010
                Monitoring. It seeks to protect vaccines against influenza A H1N1 and seasonal.
                Santo Domingo .- The year 2009 ended with 61 deaths from dengue and about 7.544 cases of people affected, including 774 cases were of hemorrhagic type.

                Meanwhile, there was a decrease in the number of people affected by malaria, which was reduced from 14 to eight deaths last year compared to the previous and leptospirosis, whose cases were reduced by more than half, according to the statistics reported by the National Directorate of Epidemiology.

                Meanwhile, influenza A H1N1 closed last year with 23 confirmed deaths from the disease and about 513 cases of people affected, a total of three thousand people suspected of having influenza.

                Of the 23 deaths, 18 were women and within those, 13 are from pregnant women.
                According to official statistics, during 2009 were made in the country with 1,500 cases of malaria deaths of eight people, half of the deaths recorded the previous year when 14 were reported this disease, transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.

                Indicates that this year there were 800 cases of leptospirosis and 40 deaths while in 2008 were 2,000 cases and 80 died.

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