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Coordinates actions bordering Peru and Chile Ecuador against human influenza
Minister of Health of Peru presented the checks at airports, seaports and border areas, which the government of Alan Garc?a.
LIMA, May 23 .- Preventive actions taken together with Ecuador and Chile are to coordinate the government of Peru in order to prevent the spread of the virus A (H1N1) across borders. This was announced today by the Minister of Health of Peru, Oscar Ugarte.
Over the coming days, health authorities in Peru and Ecuador will meet at the common border. According to Ugarte pointed by the government of Alan Garc?a ordered checks at airports, ports and border areas to identify those carrying the dreaded virus.
So far 76 cases were identified in South America. Chile leads with 44, followed by Peru with 17, according to figures from the World Health Organization (WHO).
From Ecuador, Peru asked to support the analysis, to verify the diagnoses. From Chile, the idea is to extend the preventive measures against dengue virus to AH1N1.
After reporting that the Andean Community (including Chile) agreed to a stock reserve of antiviral medications to assist the country to it eventually, Ugarte said that "Bolivia has not reported cases, but it is an issue that concerns everyone."
According to the data handled by the Peruvian government, the majority of the 17 confirmed cases of the disease in this country have come from outside, from countries affected by the virus. It is possible that the numbers increase.
WHO warns that H1N1 influenza could worsen
Countries should be prepared for more severe infections of the H1N1 influenza and for more deaths due to the recently discovered disease, said Friday the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Margaret Chan.
A genetic analysis of the new variety showed that the virus was possibly circulating undetected for some time, perhaps in pigs or other animals.
WHO is under pressure to declare the spread of a pandemic virus in total, which has infected more than 11,000 people in 42 countries and killed 86, according to figures from the UN health agency.
Health officials in United States approved a sum of 1,000 million dollars for companies to begin developing a vaccine in case of need.
Meanwhile, Mexico on Friday reported two new deaths from the H1N1 influenza, bringing the total fatalities to 80, but indicated that new infections continue the downward trend.
The highly infectious strain should be closely monitored in parts of Asia, Africa and South America where he is starting the winter season, as it could be mixed with seasonal influenza and mutate from "unpredictable," Chan said at the close of the annual meeting of WHO, in Geneva.
"In cases where the H1N1 virus is spreading and circulating within the community in general, countries should expect to see more cases of severe and fatal infections," he said. "It is a subtle and insidious virus", he added.
An international team of researchers who analyzed the genes of the eight new viruses confirmed these features, noting that it was so different from the varieties that had been circulating undetected for years.
The experts confirmed that this is a hybrid of other mixtures, a variety of mixed pig virus, and avian and human strains of group of pigs from Europe and Asia.
"The results of this study show the overall need for increased surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs," said Dr. Nancy journalists Cox, chief of the influenza division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of United States ( CDC, for its acronym in English).
The researchers indicated that it is likely that other mixtures are old infecting pigs, but just have not yet been identified.
"We know that our veterinary colleagues in the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture United States) and elsewhere in the world are now trying to keep samples in freezer pigs and other animals that could find the missing link," he said.
Vaccine Fund
The Department of Health and Human Services United States said Friday that 1,000 million dollars intended to help companies to develop a vaccine against the new strain of influenza.
Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius said the money would be used for clinical studies during summer in the northern hemisphere and for the commercial-scale production of two potential vaccines, required to join the reserves against the new face of a possible influenza pandemic.
"The steps we are taking today will help us be prepared if a vaccine is necessary," Sebelius said in a statement.
Companies licensed to sell influenza vaccines in the United States are Sanofi-Aventis SA, Novartis AG, GlaxoSmithKline PLC and CSL Ltd. The unit MedInmune AstraZeneca also sells a nasal spray immunization.
On Friday, the CDC reported 6552 confirmed and probable cases of the newly discovered disease and nine deaths, but said that perhaps the figure was very conservative.
Dr. Anne Schuchat of the CDC said that only about one in 20 cases of influenza were reported, bringing the number of infections in the country could reach 130,000.
Activity by the occurrence of influenza in general was dissipating throughout United States, albeit with a few exceptions, the doctor said.
"Today the situation in the City of New York and elsewhere have led to further closures of schools," he said. "We believe that there are 60 schools nationwide that have sent students to their homes and some 42,000 students are out of school by the virus," he added.
Russia reported its first confirmed case of influenza and the WHO was discussing with two people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which could become the first infection of Africa.
Terra / Reuters
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Coordinates actions bordering Peru and Chile Ecuador against human influenza
Minister of Health of Peru presented the checks at airports, seaports and border areas, which the government of Alan Garc?a.
LIMA, May 23 .- Preventive actions taken together with Ecuador and Chile are to coordinate the government of Peru in order to prevent the spread of the virus A (H1N1) across borders. This was announced today by the Minister of Health of Peru, Oscar Ugarte.
Over the coming days, health authorities in Peru and Ecuador will meet at the common border. According to Ugarte pointed by the government of Alan Garc?a ordered checks at airports, ports and border areas to identify those carrying the dreaded virus.
So far 76 cases were identified in South America. Chile leads with 44, followed by Peru with 17, according to figures from the World Health Organization (WHO).
From Ecuador, Peru asked to support the analysis, to verify the diagnoses. From Chile, the idea is to extend the preventive measures against dengue virus to AH1N1.
After reporting that the Andean Community (including Chile) agreed to a stock reserve of antiviral medications to assist the country to it eventually, Ugarte said that "Bolivia has not reported cases, but it is an issue that concerns everyone."
According to the data handled by the Peruvian government, the majority of the 17 confirmed cases of the disease in this country have come from outside, from countries affected by the virus. It is possible that the numbers increase.
WHO warns that H1N1 influenza could worsen
Countries should be prepared for more severe infections of the H1N1 influenza and for more deaths due to the recently discovered disease, said Friday the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Margaret Chan.
A genetic analysis of the new variety showed that the virus was possibly circulating undetected for some time, perhaps in pigs or other animals.
WHO is under pressure to declare the spread of a pandemic virus in total, which has infected more than 11,000 people in 42 countries and killed 86, according to figures from the UN health agency.
Health officials in United States approved a sum of 1,000 million dollars for companies to begin developing a vaccine in case of need.
Meanwhile, Mexico on Friday reported two new deaths from the H1N1 influenza, bringing the total fatalities to 80, but indicated that new infections continue the downward trend.
The highly infectious strain should be closely monitored in parts of Asia, Africa and South America where he is starting the winter season, as it could be mixed with seasonal influenza and mutate from "unpredictable," Chan said at the close of the annual meeting of WHO, in Geneva.
"In cases where the H1N1 virus is spreading and circulating within the community in general, countries should expect to see more cases of severe and fatal infections," he said. "It is a subtle and insidious virus", he added.
An international team of researchers who analyzed the genes of the eight new viruses confirmed these features, noting that it was so different from the varieties that had been circulating undetected for years.
The experts confirmed that this is a hybrid of other mixtures, a variety of mixed pig virus, and avian and human strains of group of pigs from Europe and Asia.
"The results of this study show the overall need for increased surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs," said Dr. Nancy journalists Cox, chief of the influenza division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of United States ( CDC, for its acronym in English).
The researchers indicated that it is likely that other mixtures are old infecting pigs, but just have not yet been identified.
"We know that our veterinary colleagues in the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture United States) and elsewhere in the world are now trying to keep samples in freezer pigs and other animals that could find the missing link," he said.
Vaccine Fund
The Department of Health and Human Services United States said Friday that 1,000 million dollars intended to help companies to develop a vaccine against the new strain of influenza.
Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius said the money would be used for clinical studies during summer in the northern hemisphere and for the commercial-scale production of two potential vaccines, required to join the reserves against the new face of a possible influenza pandemic.
"The steps we are taking today will help us be prepared if a vaccine is necessary," Sebelius said in a statement.
Companies licensed to sell influenza vaccines in the United States are Sanofi-Aventis SA, Novartis AG, GlaxoSmithKline PLC and CSL Ltd. The unit MedInmune AstraZeneca also sells a nasal spray immunization.
On Friday, the CDC reported 6552 confirmed and probable cases of the newly discovered disease and nine deaths, but said that perhaps the figure was very conservative.
Dr. Anne Schuchat of the CDC said that only about one in 20 cases of influenza were reported, bringing the number of infections in the country could reach 130,000.
Activity by the occurrence of influenza in general was dissipating throughout United States, albeit with a few exceptions, the doctor said.
"Today the situation in the City of New York and elsewhere have led to further closures of schools," he said. "We believe that there are 60 schools nationwide that have sent students to their homes and some 42,000 students are out of school by the virus," he added.
Russia reported its first confirmed case of influenza and the WHO was discussing with two people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which could become the first infection of Africa.
Terra / Reuters
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