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Influenza A recorded 626 probable cases and a fourth victim Print E-Mail
More than 600 flu infected
Influenza A-H1N1 reported Tuesday that 626 positive cases in the country and the health authorities in analyzing the samples of a probable fourth victim of this pandemic in the country, a person who died on Tuesday at a hospital in El Alto.
The National Director of Epidemiology, Eddy Martinez, said that there is a new record of the deceased in the Heart of Jesus Hospital in the city Altena, and discusses the relevant samples to determine if the victim died of influenza A-H1N1, which is highly probable.
This, added four victims, two in Santa Cruz, La Paz and one in this new case is confirmed if the 25-year-old, who had contracted the fatal lung complications virus. Explained that another person about 22 years and comes from Oruro is in hospital in El Alto in intensive care because of complications of this type.
The report of the National Epidemiology highlights to date Santa Cruz recorded 425 positive cases, 85 La Paz, Cochabamba 76, Oruro ten, nine Tarija, Chuquisaca four, three Beni, Potosi five confirmed cases.
Given the large number of cases of influenza A virus H1N1, which is recorded on the planet, the World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) deemed it appropriate to stop computing the amount of sick and died as a result of the disease.
In a statement, WHO said the spread of the pandemic is inevitable and in some countries, where transmission is sustained confirm where a laboratory has become extremely difficult.
He also noted that the counting of individual cases is not essential for monitoring the level or nature of the risk posed by the virus, or to determine the most appropriate measures to respond to it.
What we really need to do public health authorities is to focus on the trends of where the cases occur, if they are serious, what are its clinical manifestations, which are the risk groups, said Gregory Hartl, spokesman for the international body.
This pandemic has been characterized so far by the lightness of the symptoms in most patients, usually in the back end of a week, even without medical treatment.
Google translation:
Influenza A recorded 626 probable cases and a fourth victim Print E-Mail
More than 600 flu infected
Influenza A-H1N1 reported Tuesday that 626 positive cases in the country and the health authorities in analyzing the samples of a probable fourth victim of this pandemic in the country, a person who died on Tuesday at a hospital in El Alto.
The National Director of Epidemiology, Eddy Martinez, said that there is a new record of the deceased in the Heart of Jesus Hospital in the city Altena, and discusses the relevant samples to determine if the victim died of influenza A-H1N1, which is highly probable.
This, added four victims, two in Santa Cruz, La Paz and one in this new case is confirmed if the 25-year-old, who had contracted the fatal lung complications virus. Explained that another person about 22 years and comes from Oruro is in hospital in El Alto in intensive care because of complications of this type.
The report of the National Epidemiology highlights to date Santa Cruz recorded 425 positive cases, 85 La Paz, Cochabamba 76, Oruro ten, nine Tarija, Chuquisaca four, three Beni, Potosi five confirmed cases.
Given the large number of cases of influenza A virus H1N1, which is recorded on the planet, the World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) deemed it appropriate to stop computing the amount of sick and died as a result of the disease.
In a statement, WHO said the spread of the pandemic is inevitable and in some countries, where transmission is sustained confirm where a laboratory has become extremely difficult.
He also noted that the counting of individual cases is not essential for monitoring the level or nature of the risk posed by the virus, or to determine the most appropriate measures to respond to it.
What we really need to do public health authorities is to focus on the trends of where the cases occur, if they are serious, what are its clinical manifestations, which are the risk groups, said Gregory Hartl, spokesman for the international body.
This pandemic has been characterized so far by the lightness of the symptoms in most patients, usually in the back end of a week, even without medical treatment.
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