Source: http://www.eldia.com.ar/edis/2009061...0618173250.htm
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Influenza A: sixth confirmed fatalities in the country
Ratified by the Ministry of Health of Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires. Of the six people who died from virus, five are from the province and the rest of the Federal Capital
Two additional patients were added today to the roster of victims affected by the deadly influenza A virus in the country, which is already six cases and has a lethal fourth among nations with the largest number of deaths from the disease.
This was confirmed Thursday that health authorities in the Federal Capital and the province of Buenos Aires in a joint press conference they gave in this city, the new home port of the Ministry of Health and Healthcare System Emergency (SAME).
Of the six people killed, and according to laboratory tests had influenza A/H1N1, five reside in the territory of Buenos Aires and the other in the city of Buenos Aires, although the death of at least one of the fatalities of the province occurred in the Capital.
Together with his colleague Jorge Lemus Aires, Buenos Aires Health Minister, Claudio Zin, said that most patients who died had prior illness, except for a couple (youth) of 15 years which, according to his parents, was "healthy."
"This creates some concern," the secretary of Health and Care Coordination bonaerense, Alexander Collie, who added that began a thorough investigation of the case, as the boy began to experience flu symptoms and 48, 72 hours passed away. "
The boy, who was attending a technical school in Gregory of Laferrere not belong to the so-called risk group, according to preliminary data that the authorities deal, which put even more alert to the national medical community.
The boy died this morning at a clinic in the town of tapiales in Buenos Aires and is a minor as well as three other fatalities recorded in the province.
The other lethal episodes are a baby of three months of age and a boy of 28 years.
Meanwhile, denied that the sixth death was a teacher who worked at a school in the neighborhood of La Paternal, actually died of meningitis.
Strictly speaking, the sixth victim was a child and his death occurred in the Federal Capital, confirmed this afternoon the authorities consulted by Noticias Argentinas.
By registering six episodes of lethal influenza A, the country now became one of the hardest hit by the disease in the world, in fourth place, behind Mexico (108 deaths), United States (44) and Canada (seven ), according to the World Health Organization.
Google translation:
Influenza A: sixth confirmed fatalities in the country
Ratified by the Ministry of Health of Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires. Of the six people who died from virus, five are from the province and the rest of the Federal Capital
Two additional patients were added today to the roster of victims affected by the deadly influenza A virus in the country, which is already six cases and has a lethal fourth among nations with the largest number of deaths from the disease.
This was confirmed Thursday that health authorities in the Federal Capital and the province of Buenos Aires in a joint press conference they gave in this city, the new home port of the Ministry of Health and Healthcare System Emergency (SAME).
Of the six people killed, and according to laboratory tests had influenza A/H1N1, five reside in the territory of Buenos Aires and the other in the city of Buenos Aires, although the death of at least one of the fatalities of the province occurred in the Capital.
Together with his colleague Jorge Lemus Aires, Buenos Aires Health Minister, Claudio Zin, said that most patients who died had prior illness, except for a couple (youth) of 15 years which, according to his parents, was "healthy."
"This creates some concern," the secretary of Health and Care Coordination bonaerense, Alexander Collie, who added that began a thorough investigation of the case, as the boy began to experience flu symptoms and 48, 72 hours passed away. "
The boy, who was attending a technical school in Gregory of Laferrere not belong to the so-called risk group, according to preliminary data that the authorities deal, which put even more alert to the national medical community.
The boy died this morning at a clinic in the town of tapiales in Buenos Aires and is a minor as well as three other fatalities recorded in the province.
The other lethal episodes are a baby of three months of age and a boy of 28 years.
Meanwhile, denied that the sixth death was a teacher who worked at a school in the neighborhood of La Paternal, actually died of meningitis.
Strictly speaking, the sixth victim was a child and his death occurred in the Federal Capital, confirmed this afternoon the authorities consulted by Noticias Argentinas.
By registering six episodes of lethal influenza A, the country now became one of the hardest hit by the disease in the world, in fourth place, behind Mexico (108 deaths), United States (44) and Canada (seven ), according to the World Health Organization.
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