Brazil - Cases - 1,175 - Deaths - 20

[mbeltran]

Re: Brasil : 20 suspect cases Atualiza??o 04/05/09

Brasil tem 25 casos suspeitos de gripe su?na; 60 s?o descartados

36 pessoas est?o em monitoramento; casos monitorados e suspeitos atingem 19 Estados do Pa?s

Subiu para 25 o n?mero de casos suspeitos de Influenza A (H1N1) no Pa?s: Distrito Federal (2), Goi?s (1), Mato Grosso do Sul (1), Minas Gerais (4), Paran? (1), Rio de Janeiro (3), Santa Catarina (1), S?o Paulo (10), Tocantins (2). Al?m disso, 60 casos foram descartados.

De acordo com os ?ltimos dados divulgados na tarde desta segunda-feira, 4, pelo Minist?rio da Sa?de, os casos monitorados e suspeitos atingem 19 Estados. Em monitoramento est?o 36 pessoas nos seguintes Estados:

Amazonas (2 casos), Bahia (1), Cear? (1), Distrito Federal (1), Esp?rito Santo (1), Mato Grosso do Sul (2), Minas Gerais (3), Par? (2), Para?ba (2), Paran? (1), Pernambuco (1), Rio de Janeiro (3), Rio Grande do Norte (4), Rio Grande do Sul (1), S?o Paulo (7) e Sergipe (4). Outros 60 casos foram descartados para a doen?a em 11 Estados do Pa?s.

Fonte: http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/v...l,365227,0.htm
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Brazil has 25 suspected cases of swine flu, 60 are discarded.

36 people are tracking, monitored and suspected cases reach 19 states in the Country.

Up to 25 the number of suspected cases of Influenza A (H1N1) in Brazil: Distrito Federal (2), Missouri (1), Mato Grosso do Sul (1), Minas Gerais (4), Paran? (1), Rio de Janeiro (3), Santa Catarina (1), S?o Paulo (10), Tocantins (2). In addition, 60 cases were discarded.

According to the latest data released on the afternoon of Monday, 4, by the Ministry of Health, monitored and suspected cases reach 19 states. 36 people are tracking in the following states:

Amazon (2 cases), Bahia (1), Cear? (1), Distrito Federal (1), Esp?rito Santo (1), Mato Grosso do Sul (2), Minas Gerais (3), Par? (2), Para?ba (2 ), Paran? (1), Pernambuco (1), Rio de Janeiro (3), Rio Grande do Norte (4), Rio Grande do Sul (1), Sao Paulo (7) and Sergipe (4). Other 60 cases were discarded for the disease in 11 states in the country.

http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/v...l,365227,0.htm

[tropicalgirl]

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Just for following... bad news...

Rio

Uma mulher que estava internada desde este domingo, 3, no Hospital Barra D'or, na zona oeste do Rio, morreu, na madrugada desta segunda-feira, 4, vítima de septicemia grave.

Segundo informações da assessoria do hospital, a Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (Anvisa) recolheu amostras para realização de exames, que devem estar prontos e cerca de dois dias.

Segundo a Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Rio, a paciente, de 50 anos, chegou dos Estados Unidos na última sexta-feira, 2, vinda de Michigan, e foi levada para o hospital, com febre, dor de cabeça e vômito.



De acordo com nota da Secretaria, a paciente que foi a óbito "não estava entre os pacientes do Estado do Rio de Janeiro com suspeita de ter o vírus Influenza A (H1N1), uma vez que o caso não preenchia os critérios estabelecidos pelo Ministério da Saúde".

Fonte: http://www.estadao.com.br/vidae/not_vid365227,0.htm

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Rio



A woman who was hospitalized since the Sunday, 3, Hospital Barra D'or, in the west of Rio, died in the early hours of Monday, 4, suffered from severe sepsis.



According to advice from the hospital, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) collected samples for laboratory tests, which should be ready and about two days.

According to the State Health Secretariat of Rio, the patient, 50 years, arrived in the United States last Friday, 2, coming from Michigan and was taken to hospital with fever, headache and vomiting.



According to notes of the Secretariat, the patient was that the death "was not among the patients from Rio de Janeiro with the virus suspected of having influenza A (H1N1) since the case did not meet the criteria established by the Ministry of Health ".

Source: http://www.estadao.com.br/vidae/not_vid365227,0.htm

[mbeltran]

Re: Brasil : 20 suspect cases

Nota pessoal:

O governo do Brasil mant?m uma postura que merece aten??o dos ?rg?os internacionais.
O povo brasileiro est? sendo enganado pelo governo com a falsa espectativa de que o H1N1 n?o est? circulando no pa?s e n?o h? com o que se preocupar.
N?o houve por parte do governo quaisquer medidas para alertar a popula??o, a n?o ser os panfletos distribu?dos nos aeroportos.
Ao contr?rio, o governo vincula propaganda na tv divulgando que al?m de n?o haver casos no Brasil, informa que o pa?s est? preparado para o caso de uma pandemia.
Essa informa??o ? uma afronta ? intelig?ncia humana, eis que o Brasil passa por uma crise no sistema de sa?de, onde sequer mulheres gr?vidas encontram leitos dispon?veis para o parto.
? importante divulgar que a popula??o n?o est? tomando nenhuma provid?ncia quanto a observa??o da higiene ou da maior aten??o em poss?veis pessoas que possam estar infectadas.
Os shows do dia 1? de maio reuniram milh?es de pessoas por todo o Brasil, sem qualquer alerta do minist?rio da sa?de para que os participantes tivessem o m?nimo de cuidado.
Infelizmente estimo que agora seja tarde demais, e vislumbro um quadro nada bom para a pr?xima semana.

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Personal note:

The government of Brazil holds a position that deserves attention from international bodies.
The Brazilian people are being deceived by the government with false expectancy that H1N1 is not circulating in the country and there is to worry about.
There was a part of any government measures to alert the public, unless the pamphlets distributed at airports.
Rather, the government commits to disseminating propaganda on TV than there is no case in Brazil, reports that the country is prepared for the event of a pandemic.
This information is an affront to human intelligence, that is that Brazil is going through a crisis in the health system, where even pregnant women are beds available for delivery.
It is important to disclose that the population is not taking any step in the observation of health or the increased attention on possible people who may be infected.
The shows of the May 1?, have 1 million people gathered across the country, without any warning of the health ministry to ensure that participants had a minimum of care.
Unfortunately now that estimate is too late, and can see a bad news in next week.

[sharon sanders]

Re: Brasil : 20 suspect cases

Beltran could you provide a link?

Thanks!

[tropicalgirl]

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Just arrived home, they dissmissed this case very fast. They are really efficient :O

Ministério da Saúde descarta morte de mulher por gripe suína no Rio

da Folha Online


O Ministério da Saúde negou nesta segunda-feira que a morte de uma mulher vinda dos Estados Unidos, registrada hoje no Rio, tenha sido causada pela gripe A (H1N1) --conhecida como gripe suína. De acordo com o Hospital Barra D'Or, na Barra da Tijuca, uma mulher de 50 anos que estava isolada após apresentar os sintomas da gripe morreu na madrugada de hoje.

O hospital informou que ela foi isolada porque apresentou dor de cabeça, febre e vômito 48 horas depois de chegar de Michigan, nos Estados Unidos. De acordo com o Cievs (Centro de Informações Estratégicas em Vigilância em Saúde), no entanto, ela não estava na relação de pacientes com suspeita da doença no Estado.

Segundo o Ministério da Saúde, exames revelaram que a mulher morreu vítima de uma pneumonia bacteriana. Anteriormente, o hospital havia informado que o laudo da Anvisa (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária) com resultado do exame das amostras coletadas da paciente deveriam sair até quarta-feira (6).

Ela morreu com septicemia grave --processo infeccioso generalizado em que germes e suas toxinas invadem o sangue e nele se multiplicam--, de acordo com o hospital.

Fonte: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/c...5u560367.shtml
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Ministry of Health out of death for women in Rio swine flu

the Folha Online

The Ministry of Health denied this Monday that the death of a woman coming from the United States, reported today in Rio, has been caused by influenza A (H1N1) - known as swine flu. According to the Hospital Barra D'Or, in Barra da Tijuca, a woman of 50 years which was isolated after presenting symptoms of the flu died in the early hours of today.

The hospital reported that she was isolated because they had headache, fever and vomiting 48 hours after arriving in Michigan, USA. According to Cievs (Center for Strategic Information in Health Monitoring), however, she was not in relation to patients with suspected disease in the state.

According to the Ministry of Health, tests revealed that the woman died a victim of bacterial pneumonia. Previously, the hospital was informed that the report of Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) with results of examination of samples collected from the patient to leave until Wednesday (6).

She died with severe sepsis - infection process widespread in bacteria and their toxins that invade the blood and multiply it - according to the hospital.

Source: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/c...5u560367.shtml

[tropicalgirl]

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Oi Maurício,

Concordo com você. A população brasileira não está sendo alertada para tomar os devidos cuidados. Quanto as confirmações dos casos, veja essa notícia:

Kits para diagnóstico rápido de gripe suína chegam ao Brasil na próxima semana
da Agência Brasil
da Folha Online

O Brasil vai receber na próxima terça-feira (5) kits para diagnóstico rápido da gripe suína --cujo nome oficial é "Influenza A (H1N1)". Os kits são produzidos num centro especializado de Atlanta, nos Estados Unidos.

Segundo o gerente de Unidade de Prevenção e Controle de Doenças da Opas (Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde), Rubén Figueiroa, o tempo de diagnósticos da gripe suína poderá cair de aproximadamente 15 para dois ou três dias.
Os kits serão distribuídos para três laboratórios brasileiros: Butantan (São Paulo), Fiocruz (Rio de Janeiro) e Evandro Chagas (Belém).

A Opas está mobilizando uma reunião de ministros da saúde da Unasul, o grupo de 12 países da América do Sul. O objetivo é discutir estratégias para enfrentar a pandemia da gripe suína.
No final da tarde de hoje, o Ministério da Saúde informou que subiu para sete o número de casos suspeitos da gripe suína registrados no Brasil. O órgão informou que três dos pacientes estão internados em Minas Gerais, dois em São Paulo, um no Espírito Santo e outro no Rio de Janeiro.

Ainda não há confirmação de contaminação da doença no país. Os pacientes cujos casos são considerados suspeitos passam por tratamento médico.

Segundo o ministro José Gomes Temporão (Saúde), não há motivo para pânico, já que o Brasil tem matéria-prima para produzir medicamentos para o tratamento de até 9 milhões de pacientes contaminados com o vírus da gripe suína.

Temporão alertou ainda que ainda não há necessidade para comprar máscaras ou remédios, e disse que as pessoas não devem ter medo de comer carne de porco.

"Não é momento de pânico ou inquietação. Não tem sentido comprar máscaras ou remédios. As pessoas podem comer carne suína", disse. O ministro admitiu ainda que houve problemas no monitoramento de voos vindos dos países atingidos pela doença no início, mas afirmou que a deficiência foi sanada.

Fonte: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/c...5u559284.shtml

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Hi Mauricio,

I agree with you. The Brazilian population is not warned to take the proper care. As the confirmation of cases, see this story

Kits for rapid diagnosis of swine influenza come to Brazil next week
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Agency Brazil
the Folha Online

Brazil will receive next Tuesday (5) kits for rapid diagnosis of swine influenza - whose official name is "Influenza A (H1N1)." The kits are produced in a specialized center in Atlanta, USA.

The unit manager for Prevention and Control of Diseases of the PAHO (Pan American Health Organization), Rubén Figueiroa the time of diagnosis of swine influenza could fall about 15 to two or three days.
The kits will be distributed to three laboratories Brazilians: Butantan (São Paulo), Fiocruz (Rio de Janeiro) and Evandro Chagas (Belém).

PAHO is mobilizing a meeting of health ministers of Unasul, the group of 12 countries of South America The objective is to discuss strategies to address the pandemic of swine flu.
In the late afternoon today, the Ministry of Health reported that increased to seven the number of suspected cases of influenza reported in swine in Brazil. The agency reported that three of the patients are hospitalized in Brazil, two in Sao Paulo, one in the Holy Spirit and one in Rio de Janeiro.

Still no confirmation of contamination of the disease in the country. The patients whose cases are now considered suspect by medical treatment.

According to Minister Jose Gomes Temporão (Health), there is no reason to panic, since Brazil has material to produce drugs for the treatment of up to 9 million patients infected with swine influenza virus.

Temporão also warned that there is no need to buy masks and medicine, and said that people should not be afraid to eat pork.

"It's not time to panic or concern. It makes sense to buy masks and medicine. People can eat pork," he said. The minister admitted that there were still problems in the monitoring of flights coming from countries affected by the disease at first, but said that the deficiency was remedied.

Source: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/c...5u559284.shtml

[tropicalgirl]

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Sobre o seu coment?rio e fazendo o meu coment?rio pessoal tamb?m,

Concordo, achei um absurdo n?o terem feito nada em rela??o as festas do 1? de maio, a Virada Cultural (cerca de 4 milh?es de pessoas) e as finais do campeonato. Parece que ningu?m notou o alerta 5. Quanto ao que est? sendo dito na televis?o n?o sei, porque n?o assisto. (links para as festas:
Primeiro de Maio http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/d...1u559265.shtml - 1,8 milh?es de pessoas; Virada Cultural em SP - http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/i...0u559985.shtml - 4 milh?es)

Em todo caso, num tom mais otimista, tem sim muita gente preocupada. Pela primeira vez vi ?lcool gel para desinfec??o ? venda numa farm?cia (no largo de Pinheiros em SP), ? uma farm?cia bem simples e o produto est? tendo sa?da. Isso quer dizer que as pessoas tamb?m n?o acreditam no governo e est?o se precavendo, mas ainda ? uma precau??o individual e fragmentada.

Al?m das festas, dando um cr?dito ao governo, o que me preocupa mais s?o os transportes p?blicos de Rio e S?o Paulo. O munic?pio de S?o Paulo tem cerca de 11 milh?es de habitantes (IBGE http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presiden...75&id_pagina=1), a grande S?o Paulo ? estimada em 17 milh?es. S?o Paulo tem o metr? mais superlotado do mundo (mais do que o da China), ? muito f?cil esse v?rus se espalhar pela popula??o nessas condi??es. Entendo que boa parte dos casos ainda s?o de pessoas que viajaram e tiveram contato com o v?rus fora do pa?s. Mas n?o creio que o Minist?rio consiga acompanhar todos os casos desde meados de abril para ter um controle sobre essa difus?o.
Acho que uma informa??o interessante (n?o sou da ?rea e n?o saberia dizer... fica a pergunta para quem puder ou quiser ou souber responder) ? o grau de propaga??o desse v?rus em compara??o com o grau de propaga??o dos v?rus que circularam no ano passado aqui no Brasil e tamb?m o n?mero de infectados/mortos por influenza aqui para termos uma melhor clareza do n?mero de infectados que podemos aguardar. ? torcer para ganharmos tempo at? que a vacina venha e que o v?rus n?o decida se miscigenar com os outros que est?o por aqui. Felizmente o Instituto Butant? tem condi??es de produzir a vacina em grande quantidade e lembro de ter lido na imprensa que j? est?o realizando as pesquisas nesse sentido. A quest?o ?, ser? que vai dar tempo?

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About your comments and doing my personal comment too,

I agree, I thought it was a nonsense not anything about the feasts of the 1st of May, Virada Cultural and the finals at soccer championship. It seems that nobody noticed the alert 5. As to what is being said on TV I do not know, I do not watch it.
(links to the festivities:
First of May [url] http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/dinheiro/ult91u559265.shtml [/ url] - 1.8 million people;
Virada Cultural SP on - [url] http:/ / www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u559985.shtml [/ url] - 4 million)

In any case, in a more optimistic tone, many people are worried. For the first time I saw alcohol gel to disinfect sale in a pharmacy (in SP) is a simple pharmacy and people are buying. This means that people also do not believe in government and are alert, but is still an individual and fragmented care.

Besides the festivals, giving credit to the government, which worries me more is the public transport in Rio and Sao Paulo. The city of S?o Paulo has around 11 million inhabitants (IBGE [url] http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presidencia/noticias/noticia_visualiza.php?id_noticia=675&id_pagina=1 [/ url]), the great S?o Paulo is estimated at 17 million. S?o Paulo has the most overcrowded subway in the world (more than China), this virus is very easily spread by people in these conditions. I believe that most cases are still people who traveled and had contact with the virus outside the country. But I do not think the Ministry will monitor all cases since mid-April to have a control over the broadcast.
I think an interesting information (I am not of the area and would not say ... is a question for anyone who can or want to know the answer) is the degree of spread of this virus in comparison with the degree of spread of the virus that circulated last year here in Brazil and also the number of infected / killed by influenza here to have a better clarity of the number of infections that can wait. It is important to be sure we have time for the vaccine and the virus will not decide if mixed with others that are here. Fortunately Butanta the Institute is able to produce the vaccine in large quantities as I read in the press that the polls, they are already working on it. The question is, do we have time?

[tropicalgirl]

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The last news we have... more money for the flu... but no confirmation about the cases... still... information about when the kits will arrive are never confirmed, yesterday they were expecting to arrive today, but today they say it will be tomorrow... it seems that 1. they already have it but don't wanna to confirm the suspected cases, 2. they don't have and are not working to have them also... because they don't want to confirm the suspect cases... They did not sent samples to CDC because they think it would be faster make them here... they don't wont to overload CDC (what, overload with 25 suspects?) I understand all the concerning related to panic, not confirming the suspected cases causes a certain felling of security on people in general, but not in me, I thinking knowing is better than not knowing. The lack of clear answers and the delay on confirming the cases shows that brazilian gov is not prepared to deal with a real problem when it happens. People are not prepared or educated, as this is mild, it's a great opportunity to educate people on what to do when it's not. Moreover, we are starting our flu season, why not reinforce good habits concerning to the usual risks we already have on the other virus, wouldn't that be a good public healthy politic warning people to be more carefull on flu season in general? Why not reinforce that someone who is ill should not go work?
Brasilian politics in health works really well with vacinnes, but what to do when you don't have a vacinne or if it doesn't work?

Other subject:
The news about a death of a 50yo woman yesterday are very confusing... the hospital said at first that they have warned Anvisa and later they said they did not warned them... The oficial sources denies any possibility that the woman (arrived from US) was suspect of having the Swine Flu because she didn't have the symptoms, didn't she?

Segundo o hospital, a paciente foi isolada por ter informado que chegou dos Estados Unidos 48 horas antes, mas n?o apresentava problemas respirat?rios, sintoma caracter?stico da gripe su?na. Ela apresentava apenas febre, dor de cabe?a e v?mito.

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According to the hospital, the patient was isolated by having informed the U.S. that came 48 hours before, but she didn't have respiratory problems, symptoms characteristic of swine influenza. She had only fever, headache and vomiting.

Ok, so someone who arrived from US and just have fever, headache and vomiting for sure did not died from A/H1N1? Why they are doing the test, if they are sure it's just a bacterian pneumonia? And how someone dies from pneumonia and do not show any "respiratory problems" the day before?

Sources here for anyone who wants more about it:
http://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano...5772u3832.jhtm
http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/v...a,365333,0.htm


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The news about the money are here:

Brasil

Na segunda-feira, o Grupo Executivo Interministerial, formado pelo governo brasileiro para acompanhar a situa??o do v?rus no pa?s, afirmou que enviar? ? Casa Civil uma minuta de Medida Provis?ria para a libera??o de R$ 141 milh?es para ajudar na preven??o ? gripe. Segundo um comunicado do Minist?rio da Sa?de, o Minist?rio do Desenvolvimento deve preparar a Medida Provis?ria, que deve ser editada pelo governo ainda esta semana.

De acordo com o secret?rio de Vigil?ncia e Sa?de do Minist?rio da Sa?de, Gerson Penna, a verba suplementar ser? usada para a instala??o de "salas de situa??o" nos portos brasileiros e no refor?o da campanha publicit?ria para ajudar na preven??o da doen?a.

*Com informa??es da BBC Brasil e ag?ncia EFE

Fonte: http://noticias.uol.com.br/ultnot/in...lt7402u20.jhtm

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Oficial source about the money here:

http://portal.saude.gov.br/portal/ap..._NOTICIA=10154
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[Extrapolation]

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I am married to a Brazalian woman - and am very familar with all things Brazil - but I can not understand (under these time-sensitive stressful times) - how Brazil can have 20 suspect cases - for what seems weeks and weeks without any resolution as to confirmed or negative -

they could have FED-EXed samples to CDC or WHO ten days ago and had the answer by now -

They are playing with fire - especially in San Paulo - which is the Brazilian equilivent of NEW YORK/LA AND WASHINGTON ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE ELEVEN (11) Million population CENTER

[tropicalgirl]

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Boa entrevista com Isa?as Raw. Algumas informa??es novas para mim, depois do H1N5 o Brasil produziu um adjuvante do Tamiflu o que faz com que a quantidade de antiviral seja bem maior do que a quantidade de doses do Tamiflu em estoque (Ele n?o entra em detalhes, tamb?m n?o h? maiores informa??es no site do Butantan). O problema, foi testado apenas em camundongos e os testes em humanos est?o sendo realizados. Isso parece indicar que teremos antiviral suficiente at? o desenvolvimento a vacina.
Ainda assim, acho um absurdo a falta de confirma??o dos casos e a falta de iniciativa do governo para cuidados b?sicos com a sa?de.
Ainda sobre a entrevista, a maior preocupa??o ? a difus?o entre pessoas dentro do territ?rio, ele chega a brincar que cancelar os jogos de futebol seria uma trag?dia... mas muda o rumo da entrevista e passa a falar da vacina. A argumenta??o dele tamb?m n?o ajuda muito num caso de um v?rus que se difunde com mais rapidez ou no caso de uma muta??o do v?rus, o que tornaria a vacina in?til. Uma parte c?mica, um jornalista, ao fundo do lado direito, espirra e parece estar com gripe, eles desviam a c?mara para o lado esquerdo para ela n?o aparecer... De todo modo, a vacina n?o melhora a qualidade dos nossos hospitais, a forma??o dos nossos m?dicos nem tampouco a educa??o em nossas escolas. Ela ajuda, e muito, para o sistema n?o entrar em colapso, mas ainda estamos muito longe de ter condi??es de enfrentar sequer as nossas doen?as mais comuns... dengue, tuberculose... quanto mais uma epidemia mais s?ria.

No mesmo site, as ?ltimas not?cias dizem que o CDC enviou os kits ontem e eles devem chegar hoje, passar?o por testes de qualidade para depois confirmarem os casos... ent?o ainda precisaremos aguardar mais um tempo para confirma??o dos casos...

Fonte: http://www.estadao.com.br/interativi...31B88539868455

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Good interview with Isaias Raw. Some new information for me, after Brazil produced an H1N5 adjuvant of Tamiflu so that the quantity of antiviral is much greater than the number of doses of Tamiflu in stock (He did not enter into details, there is no further information the site of the Butantan). The problem has been tested only in mice and in human trials are being conducted. This seems to indicate that we have enough antiviral to develop the vaccine.
Still, I think an absurd lack of confirmation of cases and lack of initiative by the government for basic health care.
On the interview, the greater concern is the spread between people in the territory, he jokes that canceling football matches would be a tragedy ... but change the course of the interview and starts talking about the vaccine. The argument also does not help him much in a case of a virus that spreads more quickly or in the case of a mutation of the virus, which render the vaccine useless. Part comic, a journalist at the bottom of the right side, sneezing and seems to have flu, they diverted the camera to the left for it not appear ... Anyway, the vaccine does not improve the quality of our hospitals, the training of our doctors nor the education in our schools. It helps, and much to the system not to collapse, we're still very far from being able to tackle even our most common diseases ... dengue, tuberculosis ... the more a more serious epidemic.

On the same site, the latest news say that the CDC sent the kits yesterday and they should arrive today, will test for quality and then confirm the cases ... then still need to wait one more time for confirmation of cases ...


Source: http://www.estadao.com.br/interativi...31B88539868455

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...05-715249.html

* MAY 5, 2009, 2:27 P.M. ET

Brazil: Number Of Suspected H1N1 Flu Cases Rises To 28

BRASILIA (Dow Jones)--Brazil's government Tuesday raised the number of suspected cases of H1N1 type A flu in the country to 28 from 25.

The health ministry also reported the number of patients being monitored with some flu-like symptoms fell to 28 from 36. An additional 73 patients with flu-like symptoms were determined not to have the H1N1 strain of the virus, it said.

The government said that so far it has not made any confirmation of actual H1N1 flu cases, but continues to actively monitor travelers with flu-like symptoms returning from countries where the illness was reported to have occurred.

Those under monitoring locally were returning to destinations in 20 Brazilian states.

Brazil's health ministry said that the measures it has adopted for mitigating the spread of the disease were in agreement with recommendations from the World Health Organization, or WHO. The organization last week raised its emergency alert regarding the spread of swine flu to level 5 on a scale of one to six.

The health ministry said its criteria for monitoring patients included reports over the past 10 days of sudden fever above 38 degrees Celsius, or 100 degrees Fahrenheit, along with one or more of the following symptoms: cough, breathing difficulties, headaches and muscular pains.

In a televised interview over the weekend, Brazil's Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao said that the government had about 12,500 allotments of medication ready to treat the illness and raw materials on hand to administer prescriptions for up to 9 million cases.

A severe outbreak of H1N1 flu virus type A occurred in Mexico in recent weeks, where more than 20 deaths from the illness have been reported.

According to the WHO, more than 1,400 cases of the H1N1 flu have since been detected in at least 20 countries, including Mexico, the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, New Zealand, Israel, France, Italy, El Salvador, Austria, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, the Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, Colombia, South Korea and Portugal.



-By Gerald Jeffris, Dow Jones Newswires; (5561) 3335-0832, gerald.jeffris@dowjones.com

[tropicalgirl]

Re: Brasil : 28 suspect cases

About the kits... sems that we just will have confirmed cases next week...

05/05/2009 - 15h32
Kit para exame que detecta a gripe su?na deve chegar ao Brasil nesta quarta, diz Anvisa
Claudia Andrade
Do UOL Not?cias
Em Bras?lia
LEIA MAIS SOBRE
A GRIPE SU?NA

* Sobe para 28 o n?mero de casos suspeitos de gripe su?na no pa?s
* Produtores de carne de porco dizem travar "batalha da comunica??o" para evitar associa??o com a gripe
* Sobem para 1.490 os casos de gripe su?na confirmados pela OMS; M?xico anuncia pacote de est?mulo de US$ 1,3 bi
* Gripe pode reduzir em at? 0,5 ponto percentual o PIB mexicano, diz governo
* P?gina especial sobre a gripe su?na
* UOL Not?cias


O diretor de portos, aeroportos e fronteiras da Anvisa, Jos? Agenor ?lvares da Silva, afirmou nesta ter?a-feira (5) que o kit que permitir? aos laborat?rios brasileiros realizar o exame que aponta a presen?a do v?rus da gripe su?na - A(H1N1) - deve chegar ao Brasil nesta quarta-feira (6). Ele concedeu entrevista antes de participar de audi?ncia p?blica na C?mara do Deputados para debater a??es preventivas e de controle e tratamento para eventuais contamina??es.

Questionado sobre a demora para libera??o do kit, Agenor afirmou que a burocracia n?o ? do Brasil. "? a burocracia l? nos Estados Unidos, n?o ? nossa. Se eles n?o encaminharam, n?s n?o temos como receber", disse o diretor da Anvisa, acrescentando que o ministro Jos? Gomes Tempor?o (Sa?de) ligou hoje para a diretoria da Opas (Organiza??o Pan-Americana de Sa?de), representante da OMS (Organiza??o Mundial da Sa?de) no Brasil. "O ministro ligou pessoalmente reclamando que n?s ainda n?o recebemos esse material".

Os kits ser?o encaminhados pelo CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), ?rg?o de sa?de do governo americano que fica em Atlanta, Ge?rgia. "O esquema para recep??o (do kit) nos nossos pontos de entrada nos aeroportos de Guarulhos e Viracopos est? montado. Chegando, ele ser? distribu?do imediatamente para os laborat?rios de refer?ncia."

Os laborat?rios que receber?o o material s?o o Adolfo Lutz (S?o Paulo), o Evandro Chagas (Bel?m) e Fiocruz (Rio de Janeiro). A expectativa ? que em um prazo m?ximo de at? tr?s dias, segundo o representante da Anvisa, os laborat?rios tenham condi??es de realizar os exames

Fonte http://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano...lt7403u13.jhtm

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05/05/2009 - 15h32
Kit to test that detects the swine flu should arrive in Brazil in the fourth, says Anvisa
Claudia Andrade
From UOL News
In Bras?lia
READ MORE ABOUT
The AVIAN PORCINE

* Up to 28 the number of suspected cases of swine flu in the country
* Producers of pork they stop "communications battle" to avoid association with influenza
* Up to 1490 cases of swine flu confirmed by WHO, Mexico announced a stimulus package of $ 1.3 bi
* Flu may reduce by up to 0.5 percentage point to GDP Mexican, says government
* Page special on the swine flu
* Daily News


The director of ports, airports and borders of Anvisa, Jos? Agenor Alvares da Silva, said this Tuesday (5) that the kit that will allow Brazilian labs to scan that indicates the presence of swine influenza virus - A (H1N1) - should come to Brazil this Wednesday (6). Interview he granted before participating in a public hearing in the House of Deputies to discuss preventive measures and control and treatment for possible contamination.

Asked about the delay in release of the kit, Agenor said that the bureaucracy is not in Brazil. "It is the bureaucracy in the United States there is not ours. If they are not forwarded, we do not have to receive," said the director of Anvisa, adding that the Minister Jos? Gomes Tempor?o (Health) today called for the Director of PAHO (Organization Pan-American Health), representative of WHO (World Health Organization) in Brazil. "He personally called complaining that we have not received this material."

The kits will be sent by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the body's health is that the U.S. government in Atlanta, Georgia. "The scheme for the reception (from kit) in our points of entry at the airports of Guarulhos and Viracopos is mounted. Coming, it will be immediately distributed to these laboratories."

Laboratories will receive the material are the Adolfo Lutz (S?o Paulo), the Evandro Chagas (Bel?m) and Fiocruz (Rio de Janeiro). The expectation is that in a period of up to three days, according to the representative of Anvisa, the laboratories are able to perform the examinations

Source:http://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano...lt7403u13.jhtm

[mbeltran]

Re: Brasil : 28 suspect cases - Confirmed cases (4)

Foram confirmados no Brasil agora ? pouco os primeiros casos de infectados pelo v?rus A-H1N1.
S?o 4 pessoas, sendo 2 de S?o Paulo, 1 no Rio de Janeiro e 1 de Minas Gerais.


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Brazil confirmed just now to the first detected cases of infected people by A-H1N1.
Are 4 people, 2 of S?o Paulo, 1 in Rio de Janeiro and 1 from Minas Gerais.

[zimagail]

Re: Brasil : and in Argentina too

and 52 suspected cases in Argentina
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_373945.html

[mbeltran]

Re: Brasil : 28 suspect cases

Um amigo do carioca de 21 anos infectado pela gripe su?na foi internado na manh? desta sexta-feira, no Hospital do Fund?o, na Ilha do Governador. Durante entrevista coletiva na inaugura??o do Centro de Opera??es de Emerg?ncia para a Influenza A, no centro do Rio de Janeiro, o ministro da Sa?de, Jos? Gomes Tempor?o, e o governador S?rgio Cabral confirmaram que o rapaz chegou ao Brasil com os sintomas da doen?a.

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A friend in Rio 21 years infected with swine flu was admitted on the morning of Friday, the Hospital do Fund?o, the island's Governor. During press conference at the opening of the Emergency Operations Center for Influenza A, the center of Rio de Janeiro, the Health Minister Jose Gomes Tempor?o and Governor Sergio Cabral confirmed that the boy came to Brazil with the symptoms of the disease.

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http://noticias.terra.com.br/gripesu...I13839,00.html