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Applied, only 10% of doses against the A/H1N1
69 thousand and 824 cases of infection in only five days there were 25 deaths: Ssa.
Wed, 27/01/2010 - 05:31
Immunized in poor areas. Photo: Sara Escobar / File Mexico.- The Ministry of Health reported that more than 15 million vaccines distributed in Mexico have only been applied almost one and half million, representing about 10 percent immunization, although the decision was made out to implement in public places and shopping centers soon.
According to the Secretary of Health Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, "there is great interest in being vaccinated, what was missing was the dose closer to the people that need it, without losing time, a speedy manner, in public places" , and where polls have said 86 percent of the population supports immunized.
So far, SSA has implemented a million 61 thousand 435; the IMSS, 274 thousand 650; ISSSSTE, 63 thousand 484, and others like Sedena and Pemex, a thousand 533.
Yesterday, the secretariat started immunization in deprived areas through health caravans, plus IMSS Oportunidades. "Come on people living in remote communities and who therefore have difficulty accessing a vaccination site.
The federal agency reported this week that Mexico reached 2 million 600 thousand more shots, thus totaling 15 million doses. In the coming days is expected to complement the 20 million already in mid-February will total 30 million, purchased by the federal government at a price of 2 thousand 700 million pesos.
Although the SSA said that there is great interest in getting vaccinated, there are states that have complied with the goals of implementation, according to a report from the National Center for Health of Children and Adolescents.
The State of Mexico, the third parties with the largest number of cases, 4 thousand 354, has only implemented 13 percent of vaccines, Quintana Roo, 702, 15 percent; Oaxaca, with 2 thousand 247 infected, 20 percent of immunization.
Moreover, although the SSA says the pandemic is in a phase of containment, there are currently 69 thousand 824 confirmed cases and in only five days were added to the list 25 deaths, going from 944 deaths, 20 January, a total of 969, according to court Jan. 25.
Michoacan has the highest mortality rate, since only seven days from 11 deaths to 27.
Based on the epidemiological report, in the Federal District 132 deaths have occurred, State of Mexico, 117, Oaxaca, 51, Puebla, 48, Baja California, 47, San Luis Potosi and Jalisco, 45, Chiapas, Guanajuato, 39, Aguascalientes , 38, Nuevo Le?n, 34, Queretaro, 33, Chihuahua, 32, Hidalgo, 28, Zacatecas, Veracruz 27, 26, among others.
Earnings millions
? ? ? The pharmaceutical industry, Novartis succeeded in only three months a 54 percent increase in sales, accounting earnings more than 2 billion 300 million dollars from the sale of H1N1 vaccine.
In a statement, the drugmaker said it earned those gains against market forecasts of 2 thousand 400 million dollars. Novartis shares rose 1.53 percent to 56.55 Swiss francs.
Profits are given even though the French government canceled Novartis 7 million doses, equivalent to almost half the total amount requested. In fact, looking to cancel 50 million of the total orders for 94 million doses made at Sanofi-Aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Baxter International, due to oversupply.
In addition, Britain, Spain, Holland and Belgium have decided to reduce the allocation of vaccines requested from Sanofi and Glaxo, because the virus did not prove so deadly. U.S. $ 90 million cut in half its order and in the case of Mexico can not because his contract forbids it. (Mexico ? Blanca Valadez)