Colombia: 10 killed by H1N1 in Antioquia

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The Antioquia health authorities are very attentive then is reported the death of four people by the H1N1 influenza virus in the past three weeks.

In total, 48 positive cases of infection have been presented at the Department according to the management of public health, unit of the Directorate of health of Antioquia.

Luisa Carmona, Member of the management of health, said that of the fatal cases have been filed in the Aburr? Valley. 'The first one was a 30-year-old man who died in Medell?n on May 24. 'the second a man of the same age born of Girardota, (North of the Valley of Aburr?) June 4', said the official.

The subregion of East Antioquia is that most worries health authorities then that it reported the deaths of two people last Tuesday (June 11). A 67-year-old woman died in Rionegro and the same thing happened with a man of 43 years of the Carmen de Viboral, who also contracted the H1N1 influenza.

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Front of reports indicating that until June 21 of this year it had processed in the departmental laboratory of public health a total of 568 people with respiratory symptoms, of which 162 were positive for some type of virus and which of them, seven have died by H1N1, health authorities reiterated their call to alert.

Of those 162 positive cases, 94 correspond to the confirmed for the H1N1 virus, from the municipalities of: with 60 cases Medell?n, Rionegro with 8, Bello and Caldas with four confirmed cases of a three cases in Envigado and El Carmen de Viboral; two cases in Sabaneta and La Estrella Itag??, Girardota, La Ceja, El Pe?ol caseMarinilla, Guarne, Yarumal, Caucasia and Armenia.

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In three months ten people have died in the Department at the loss of defenses by the H1N1 virus. The last two cases were presented this week at Apartad? and Chigorod?, in the Urab?. Others took place in Medellin (two cases), Caldas, Bello, Girardota, Rionegro and Carmen de Viboral.

According to Rita Almanza, epidemiologist of the Ministry of health of Medell?n, among the victims there are two maternal and a girl of four months which became the Choc?.

' 606 Processes of surveillance have been hospitalized people. A 200 of detected them a virus. Of the 106 cases of H1N1, 66 have evolved in a satisfactory manner. Only 4 percent of the detected worsen, it is because they have another disease and affects them the system of defenses ', said Almanza.

Since 2009 mayoral available medication to treat influenza and applies it for free, especially to persons over 60, children between 6 and 23 months and pregnant after 12 weeks.

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Last Sunday, 11:30 a.m., died Hilda Rosa Lenis Hern?ndez, 39 years old, Comfenalco industrial clinic. Relatives said H1N1 pandemic virus was the cause of his death. '15 Days ago she took her husband and 17-year-old daughter to the doctor, because they were sick. They are already well, but it seems that she contracted the disease there. She, who was the most relieved and more response, soon a flu grabbed it and tore blood. She was hospitalized. We we were going to celebrate a mass and died when we were organizing everything,'recounted a Larra?n. This Monday will be veiled in San Cristobal and buried in the afternoon in the cemetery of that city. The number of deaths from H1N1 in 2013 in Antioquia rose to same 10.asi, the Government of Antioquia confirmed that more than 120 confirmed cases for infection with the virus Ah1n1.La specialist in the management of public health bacteriologist, Margarita Rosa Giraldo warned that if you have symptoms such as fever higher than 38 degrees, cough, frequent and intense, headache, general discomfort, difficulty breathing, sore throat, runny nose, muscle aches and joint disorders and loss of appetite should consult a doctor. Also reiterates in the so-called special care for people with cancer, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, lung disease, COPD, cardiovascular disease, obesity or pregnancy status, to accelerate the medical consultation.

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