The National Health Institute confirmed the third case of influenza A (H1N1) in Ancash. It is a child of 7 years who last week entered the hospital Regional de Nuevo Chimbote, by respiratory failure emergency. He suffers from asthma.
The child received the necessary treatment and after two days it was discharged. Now his health is stable and is home of the young people of San Isidro, in Chimbote.
Today was also known that the death of a pregnant woman of 22 years, on Saturday at the Hospital La Caleta, was not caused by the dreaded virus, according to the results of the INS, which also dismissed two other suspected cases of influenza A (H1N1) in Chimbote. Despite a - that after a death caused by the virus - North Pacific health network asked yesterday the region red alert and decided that initially, the Regional Department of Health gave its approval, finally to declare Ancash in yellow alert.
Mar?a D?az Gil North Pacific Health Network Director reported that 18 000 doses of influenza vaccine, of which only 2,000 remain to serve vulnerable groups, because already 16,000 were applied have been distributed since June 25 to date.
'We have until Monday to submit to the Ministry of health the dose still missing for the population at risk, for them the vaccines are guaranteed,' said
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