Spanish-English translation
The institution ranks sixth nationally by infected, 11 deaths have
203 cases of influenza
97 percent of those detected with H1N1 influenza are type, ie 198 records of the 203 recorded during the first two months of 2012.
09/03/2012 ? City and Region
With 203 confirmed cases of influenza in all its variants and 11 deaths, Puebla national ranks sixth highest number of people infected by this virus, according to the report of the National Epidemiological Surveillance System of the Federal Ministry of Health, updated to March 2.
97 percent of those detected with H1N1 influenza are type, ie 198 records of the 203 recorded during the first two months of 2012.
Among the first of January to March 1 add also 10 deaths from H1N1 influenza virus, a situation that puts the state in the national sixth highest number of cases.
By number of people killed by influenza, states with more cases are: State of Mexico (27), Maharashtra (23), Oaxaca (20), Jalisco (16), Queretaro in the same position as Hidalgo (15), Puebla and Michoacan (11).
Opening the Health Fair on the occasion of International Women's Day, the head of the Ministry of Health, Jorge Aguilar Chedraui ruled out any risk of a possible increase in the number of cases of influenza AH1N1, because the season of cold is about to conclude.
"There is no cause for alarm, you have to do is maintain preventive measures, the cold front is nearing completion and we will stop and talk about influenza for many months," he said.