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  • Pneumonia kills 409 people in Peru

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    Cold kills 362 people in Peru
    Tuesday, July 13, 2010 19:16 AdminPrensa. The low temperatures in Peru have caused around 362 people dead, mostly children under five years, from January to July.

    The victims died of pneumonia among those months in the high Andean regions, and the reported Minsa specialist.

    "The main causes of death are acute respiratory infections," according to an epidemiological report from the Directorate General of Health, MoH.

    The report said 182 children died due to exposure to low temperatures and the remoteness of their homes to the health post. In the case of adults there have been 180 deaths over 60 years.

    Most victims were recorded in southern and southeastern departments of Peru, where the temperature reached 22 degrees Celsius below zero in the town of Masocruz, about 4200 meters above sea level, in the Puno region, which borders Bolivia.

    Mario Rios, National Coordinator of the NGO ForoSalud, told reporters that "the increase in the mortality rate is due to the lack of shelter and quality of life in the highlands."

    Pneumonia deaths far outweigh the impact in Peru of H1N1 flu, which so far, 2010 has left 24 people dead, according to the MoH after confirming that two million people have been vaccinated against the disease.

    The National Weather Service warned that in the Peruvian Amazon regions, where the average temperature is 30 degrees, would drop to ten degrees from Wednesday due to cold winds from the south of the continent.

    Source: Agencies, MoH

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    Re: Cold kills 362 people in Peru

    Translation from Chinese

    Peru cold snap people died of pneumonia
    2010-07-22 HKT 10:34
    Huang Jiaxi report

    As the cold weather, many people wear thick clothes to go out
    Attack by the cold Peruvian capital, Lima, the temperature dropped to 8 degrees early in the morning, in the southern part of the city to 6 degrees lower, it was suspected of freezing to death overnight in the street, a large number of children admitted to hospital because of respiratory diseases.

    Ministry of Health said that the first two weeks of this month, 24 people died of pneumonia, and last year alone 250 children died from respiratory tract infection or pneumonia and cold weather-related diseases.

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      Re: Cold kills 362 people in Peru

      Peru: 409 died from pneumonia and cold

      Most victims are under five years and older than 60, according to Health Ministry figures so far this year.

      The death toll from the wave of cold and pneumonia in the country now number 409 so far this year, according to figures from the Department of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health .

      At least 200 deaths were reported in children under five years and 158 over 60. The deaths increased from Ma
      y, when he began the fall in temperature in the country .

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        Re: Cold kills 409 people in Peru

        Translation from Chinese

        More than half of state of emergency in cold regions of Peru
        2010-07-25 11:30:00

        Europe and the United States multi-national heat wave continued, Peru, more than half of area due to severe cold, a state of emergency. Peru unusual cold weather in the southern mountains at night the temperature dropped to minus 24 degrees Celsius; the capital Lima 8 degrees, 46-year low record, there are hundreds of people die from flu, pneumonia and other related diseases. Government announced that the country among the 24 regions, 16 state of emergency, can mobilize emergency funds, the authorities can accelerate the delivery of blankets, tents and medicine to residents.

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