More vaccine can be lost by carelessness
Araceli Garcia Dominguez | National Thursday December 10, 2009 | Creation Time: 02:33 | Last updated: 03:55
Analyzed. The Secretary of Health states that verify the effectiveness of vaccines affected in Morelos. Photo: Francisco Huerta
Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, said the state of Morelos several doses of vaccines against H1N1 influenza are at risk of being lost then they were not properly chilled.
Following the launch of the campaign "Safe Surgery Saves Lives," the official added that even determining the number of doses that might be affected as well as appropriate investigations to ascertain the level of damage and if they still retain their effectiveness.
"Unlike vaccines Colima, after being abandoned at the airport in that city, those of Morelos were refrigerated at a temperature less risky, so be checked effectively," he said.
There have been lapses, he said, shipments of biological and it is possible that although people were vaccinated, serum did not effect them, since they might not be in adequate conditions of refrigeration.
On the other hand, reported that so far there have been 722 deaths from infection of this virus and added that there were 66 thousand confirmed 390 cases of infection in the country. It stressed that currently only makes the record 10 percent of the cases reported the Health System, said that from today will launch a second campaign of immunization against influenza A/H1N1.
He stressed that the epidemiological situation remains stable, adding that the yellow light is on so it should continue to take preventive measures to avoid contagion. He reiterated his call to go to get vaccinated, noting that continuing with the health control measures in March would position the green light.
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