Re: Argentina - At least 15 people sick with flu like illness - hospital closed in Carmen de Areco - 4 people with influenza A - conflicting reports of subtype
LA PLATA, February 04 (www.ArecoCiudad.com.ar) The Minister of Health of Buenos Aires, Alejandro Collie, brought calm to the population by emphasizing that "there is no circulation of influenza virus or the province or in the country" and detected cases were limited to hospital intensive Carmen de Areco.
In this regard, he added that with the addition of the influenza vaccine, the decision of the Ministry of Health of the Nation, is a high immunization coverage throughout the country and added that in the province more than 92 percent of the population risk are vaccinated against the influenza virus.
He stressed that "the blocking actions, which included medical monitoring and antiviral medication to contacts of the patients were efficient, so 12 days ago that no new cases are recorded."
Regarding patients Areco, now two are admitted to the hospital in Parchment, another in Vicente L?pez Cetr?ngolo and the remaining six in the Rossi of La Plata.
All "do well and only one patient delicate but stable". This luens, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Health of the Province, there was a meeting of infectious disease experts to analyze what spasos to follow in terms of prevention and care.
The provincial director of Primary Care, Luis Crovetto said that "the information provided by the Institute Malbr?n national health ministry, the 11 patients are affected by one of the variants of influenza A". (www.ArecoCiudad.com.ar)
LA PLATA, February 04 (www.ArecoCiudad.com.ar) The Minister of Health of Buenos Aires, Alejandro Collie, brought calm to the population by emphasizing that "there is no circulation of influenza virus or the province or in the country" and detected cases were limited to hospital intensive Carmen de Areco.
In this regard, he added that with the addition of the influenza vaccine, the decision of the Ministry of Health of the Nation, is a high immunization coverage throughout the country and added that in the province more than 92 percent of the population risk are vaccinated against the influenza virus.
He stressed that "the blocking actions, which included medical monitoring and antiviral medication to contacts of the patients were efficient, so 12 days ago that no new cases are recorded."
Regarding patients Areco, now two are admitted to the hospital in Parchment, another in Vicente L?pez Cetr?ngolo and the remaining six in the Rossi of La Plata.
All "do well and only one patient delicate but stable". This luens, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Health of the Province, there was a meeting of infectious disease experts to analyze what spasos to follow in terms of prevention and care.
The provincial director of Primary Care, Luis Crovetto said that "the information provided by the Institute Malbr?n national health ministry, the 11 patients are affected by one of the variants of influenza A". (www.ArecoCiudad.com.ar)
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