Interior of Sao Paulo already takes two deaths as flu A

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A 54-year-old man died victim of the flu A H1N1 (pig flu) in Saint Jos? of the Rio Petro, in Sao Paulo, in this Tuesday (16). The patient was interned in the Unity of Intensive Treatment (ICU) of the Saint Each of Compassion from the day 8, but it did not hold. This is the first case of death registered in the city in 2013 and, in accordance with informations of the Municipal General office of the Health, there are no other confirmed cases of admission for the virus influenza A H1N1. The first case of death by the disease in the region of the northwest of Sao Paulo was confirmed in the last Friday, 12, in Catanduva.

In agreement with informations of the General office of Health of Catanduva, a 52-year-old patient, it looked for medical service in the 1st day, was attended and released. After not to register improvement of the symptoms in the day 5 the woman was interned in the ICU of the Hospital Priest Albino. The death happened in the day 8, but the examination that presented positive result for the virus H1N1 was registered in this Friday. The patient ill chronic era, factor that was placing it in the group of risk of the disease. According to informations of the General office of the Health of the State of Sao Paulo, the deaths are provoked by a complication of the symptoms, like a respiratory sharp syndrome, and not only by the virus of the flu.

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Re: Interior of Sao Paulo already takes two deaths as flu A

Third case of death by flu H1N1 is confirmed in Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo ? The town hall of Saint Jos? of the Black Rio, in the interior of Sao Paulo, confirmed yesterday (16) to death of man 54-year-old as a result of flu influenza A (H1N1) ? pig flu. The victim, who was interned at the Holy Home of Compassion of the city from the last day 8, had not other diseases daily pay existent. It is the third case of death as a result of the flu in the state of Sao Paulo in 2013.

Deaths were registered also in the capital of Sao Paulo and in Catanduva. In the state, according to swinging of the General office of State of the Health, when today (16) was spread, there are 36 persons with flu in serious state (Respiratory Sharp Serious Syndrome): 18 of them with influenza A and 18 with seasonal influenza. In 2009, period in which there was the pandemia of the disease, the state of Sao Paulo registered approximately 12 thousand cases of patients with Respiratory Sharp Serious Syndrome and approximately 600 deaths.

In force from yesterday (15), the campaign of vaccination in the state intends to immunize against the flu around 7 million persons from Sao Paulo. The quantity is equal to 80 % of 8,7 million persons target of the campaign: old with 60 years of age or more, pregnant women, children of 6 months up to 2 years, natives, patients diagnosed with chronic, professional diseases of health, women women recently confined (they gave birth in up to 45 days), and convicts.

Besides immunizing the population against the influenza A, a campaign also will be going to protect the population against another two types of flu: the influenza A (H3N2) and influenza B.

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