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Health official calls for citizenship to be immunized. Possible third wave of cases between April and May
MEXICO CITY .- Of the 20 million vaccines against influenza A virus H1N1 that Mexico received only 3.5 million have been applied to the population, reported Vesta Louise Richardson, director of the National Center for Child Health and Adolescence (Censi).
The official explained that the main problem to get the vaccine to people is their distribution has to pass through various stores in the states so that they, in turn, deliver them to health centers.
However, confided that the 15 to 30 April, all vaccines are applied, because it could be a third wave of cases of influenza A H1N1 between this month and May, hence the importance he said that people, mainly risk factors, is protected.
He acknowledged that there are registered more than 120 vaccine reactions to H1N1, of which 95% are minimal.
He also mentioned that have to study 12 possible cases of Guillian Barre syndrome, caused by the vaccine.
Interviewed at the end of the celebration of the Child with Cancer Day 2010, held at the esplanade of the Ministry of Health, Vesta Richardson explained that the 20 million vaccines against influenza A virus H1N1 has only been distributed to 4.8 million medical units of the country.
The tour
You should take into account the distribution process of the vaccine. He specified that starts from the airport, after passing through the Federal Commission for Protection Against Health Risks, then Birmex Laboratories and they subsequently sent to the state stores. Hence "the court sent to warehouses and then distributed the vaccine to the different medical units that implement them."
The officer commented that this whole process takes at least 28 to 30 days. "Then there are a number of vaccines, although already in the country, still do not reach the medical unit.
Instance, he said of the vaccine against rubella is able to apply 20 million doses over a period of seven to eight weeks, "because we were all biological in the country at the same time and was very easy distribution."
In the case of vaccination against influenza virus A H1N1, suppliers "have given us little by little the doses needed. Some recalled, arrived in early December, another large proportion of these vaccines were delivered just on holidays, from 18 to 23 December, one more in January and we still receive in February and the last envelope supplement the 30 million doses.
He said Quintana Roo, Colima and Hidalgo were the most backward states in the application of the vaccine, but in the latest figures they have reported that most entities are between 55% and 60% of doses used.
Most vaccines are entering the country in stores, since the distribution has become more difficult.
FIGURES OF VIRUSES
The distribution, the problem
20 million of vaccines against influenza A H1N1 were delivered to Mexico.
3.5 million the antiviral doses have been applied to sales people in the first quarter.
46.5% increased sales in the first quarter.
Capital's Assembly on alert; PRI congressman has human influenza
Facing the possibility of an outbreak of influenza A H1N1 in the Federal District Legislative Assembly (ALDF), because the PRI Deputy Cristian Vargas is hospitalized for that condition, legislators and employees in this collective body declared a health alert and launched A day of vaccination to prevent any infection.
The PRD Alejandra Barrales, president of the Government Committee of the ALDF, confirmed that the deputy Cristian Vargas is hospitalized since last week, for suffering human influenza A H1N1, and said his health is very delicate.
"We must act responsibly, we know that Congressman Vargas went to medical services and in such a situation we must be wary about it because it is a latent risk for those of us in the Assembly."
However, Israel Betanzos, coordinator of the PRI, said his fellow caucus was administered a survey to confirm that you have this disease, and will be until tomorrow when the diagnosis is known. "He has the whole picture of influenza but do not know for sure," he said. Since last Thursday Vargas, better known as "The dipuhooligan" is placed in a private hospital located in Linda Vista.
He commented that no recommendations will be vaccinated by doctors from the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER), "because I was in contact with him and the vaccine could become resistant to the virus.
Alejandra Barrales explained that she and 33 other members of the PRD and the vaccine was applied, and expect workers and media representatives to do likewise.
Mariana Gomez del Campo, coordinator of the PAN in the ALDF, said the caucus-white patients were immunized to prevent their ranks.
For this, the capital's Ministry of Health vaccination modules installed three full time to achieve full implementation of the doses to members and employees of the Legislative Assembly.