Brazil: H1N1 flu has killed 639 in 2013

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The largest number of deaths was recorded in S?o Paulo, with 324 cases. In Campo Grande, MS, outbreak hit hospital staff.



In the first six months of 2013, Brazil registered 2450 cases of swine flu and 464 deaths by illness. The largest number of deaths was recorded in S?o Paulo, with 324. the guidance of doctors is that all people who have symptoms of the disease should seek medical help. According to the Ministry of health, the stock of tamiflu is sufficient remedy. in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, more than one hundred employees of the University Hospital, one of the largest in the city, showed symptoms of the disease in recent months. Forty-seven employees were out of work. In six of them was confirmed. under the direction of University Hospital, nearly 90% of the 1.2 million employees have received the H1N1 vaccine, among them, those who were sick.

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Re: Brazil: H1N1 flu has killed 464 in 2013

Only in 2013, 3,200 cases of Influenza A were already recorded in the whole country


The cases of Swine Flu have tripled in Bahia this year, and the state already faces an outbreak of the disease.


The incidence of so-called Swine Flu, caused by the virus H1N1, has increased almost three times in Bahia. From January until the last day 12, 43 cases were registered, compared with 16 in the same period last year. Eight people died. Two years ago the state not registered deaths caused by H1N1.
'As the large increase in cases in the South and Southeast regions occurred in May, June, it is possible that the people, coming to ca, holiday season, season of June festivals, we have brought the virus', declares Juarez Days, Emergency Health coordinator in the Vig Epidemic.


Throughout the country have already been registered this year, more than 3,200 cases of Swine Flu; 639 people died. The state with the largest number of cases is Sao Paulo, where more than 300 people died. Although the campaign has already finished, the health posts in Salvador continue vaccinating against influenza. It is the most effective form of prevention, but the effect of the vaccine is not immediate.

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