Brazil - Minas Gerais: Man dies with suspected H1N1 in Pocos de Caldas

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A man died on Friday (10) in Pocos de Caldas (MG) with suspected H1N1. The victim is a driver of 51 years, a resident of the city of Conchal (SP) and who has family in the town of the South of Minas Gerais. According to the Secretariat of Health, the victim Jose Francisco de Souza Costa had been completed on 2 April in Health Care Unit of the city with respiratory problems. The man was then forwarded to the Holy House of the city, where he died.


Was collected material for analysis in Belo Horizonte (MG). The body of the driver is in funerary in Pocos de Caldas and will be taken to the city christmas him.

http://g1.globo.com/mg/sul-de-minas/noticia/2015/04/homem-morre-com-suspeita-de-h1n1-em-pocos-de-caldas-mg.html

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Hospital of Uberaba records the first suspected H1N1

Report of the Morning newspaper was informed that the Hospital are Marcos was given the first suspected case of influenza H1N1 in Uberaba. Questioned about the information, the Municipal Department of Health says that the Department of Epidemiological Surveillance of the municipality was engaged in holiday of Tiradentes, on 21 April, For the collection of material for suspected cases of H1N1.

According to official note of the folder, the staff on duty of Epidemiological Surveillance attended Hospital San Marcos, where collected material of a female patient, bearer of asthma, with a mean age of 50 years. According to the report of the Department, on the afternoon of Wednesday (22), the patient was stable, but still in isolation in hospital. The collected material was forwarded to the Network of Public Health Laboratory, under the responsibility of the State government, in Belo Horizonte, and now the city is awaiting the outcome of the examination to confirm or rule out the suspicion of contamination by influenza A virus H1N1.

http://www.jmonline.com.br/novo/?noticias,2,CIDADE,108838

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Minas confirms first death from flu in the State in 2015

The State Department of Health of the state of Minas Gerais (SES-MG) confirmed the first death from swine flu in the state of Minas Gerais in 2015. According to a report released by the body in this fifth (23), the patient was a resident of Belo Horizonte and was victim of Influenza virus B.


Since January, according to the SES-MG, The component received notification of two cases of swine flu in the State. In addition to the case of Influenza B in Belo Horizonte, there is record of a patient who was a victim of the Influenza virus A/H3, in India, in the Midwest of the State. The case has not progressed to death.

http://www.otempo.com.br/cidades/minas-confirma-primeira-morte-por-gripe-no-estado-em-2015-1.1028413