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Influenza A H1N1 could be another wave in July: SJS
Health | Jalisco Health Secretariat | Human Influenza
The SSJ reports that have been used 1.4 million vaccines, about 200 thousand were given to health personnel. FILE
GUADALAJARA, Jalisco (20/MAR/2012). - Although currently recorded a significant reduction of cases of H1N1 virus in Mexico, because the temperatures start to rise and the virus is associated more to winter, the behavior of the disease in other countries shows that in the middle of the year could be a new wave of infections in Mexico. Jalisco would not be exempt from this new outbreak, recognized the director of the Health Ministry Jalisco (SSJ), Mario Marquez Amezcua, who mentioned it is likely that in the months of July or August, the virus becomes a presence, after retiring in the spring. "We would be very attentive to our epidemiological surveillance system, just as it marks the World Health Organization (WHO) , and once we can identify that there is some movement, we would be taking appropriate action, not before. " With fulfillment of the goal of vaccination in Jalisco, 1.4 million biological apply flu are people who have covered more risk of complications with the disease as those with chronic degenerative diseases. the total applied dose, were 860 000 people with diabetes, hypertension, obesity, immunosuppression, seniors and children under five years. About 200 thousand were given to health personnel, and other pregnant women and citizens in general who sought his protection from the vaccine. killed two more with the virus two more deaths added to the list of deaths from H1N1 in the Entity , said this morning the SSJ. Both occurred in hospitals of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). One of the deaths was a 45-year-old resident of Zapopan, who died in the clinic 45 of Social Security. As background, Marquez said Amezcua, suffered hypertension, risk considered complication and death before a picture of influenza. The other death was in a woman aged 66, resident of the municipality of Guadalajara, who died at Western Medical Center. As a risk factor recorded smoking, and she and the previous one did not have the influenza vaccine. With these new deaths, Jalisco is at least 19 deaths from influenza, 18 of them for A H1N1 and influenza type A . respect to new infections, there were 12 cases of H1N1 virus, so Jalisco reaches 651 cases of influenza in general, being 590 of human influenza virus and the rest of A and B. With these data, the Bank continues to occupy first place for number of infections and the fourth by number of deaths nationally.