Peru - Swine Flu - 217 Deaths

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Swine flu: one suspected case in Peru

LIMA - A first case of swine influenza is suspected in Peru after the hospitalization of a man
who had just returned Monday from Mexico, authorities announced Monday.

The passenger, who arrived at the Lima International Airport aboard a commercial flight, presented
suspicious symptoms, said the Peruvian Minister of Health, Oscar Ugarte.

"He was confined in a hospital room time to perform tests to confirm or
exclude "the possibility of a case of swine flu," said Ugarte, believing that the answer
would be known by "a few hours."

The nationality of the passenger has not been specified.

Since the health alert was launched Friday, more than 700 passengers from Mexico,
United States and Central America have been reviewed by the medical services of the airport
Lima.

Peruvian authorities have extended the warning to the port of Callao, one of the largest American
Latin.

Monday, the virus of swine influenza, which would have made more than a hundred dead in Mexico, arrived in
Europe with a confirmed case in Spain, while many countries around the world took
measures to contain the epidemic.

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1 Case confirmed in Peru.

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WELLINGTON: There were 13 confirmed cases of swine flu and 104 suspected cases in New Zealand, Health Minister Tony Ryall said today.
"The growth in suspect numbers is primarily from close family contacts from passengers on flights," China's Xinhua news agency cited Ryall as saying in a press conference in Wellington.

He added that the 13 confirmed cases of swine flu in New Zealand were all in the Auckland area.

Meanwhile, Peruvian Health Minister Oscar Ugarte said an Argentine woman had been confirmed as the first case of swine flu in Peru after falling ill with flu-like symptoms.

Argentina, meanwhile, has said it still has four suspected cases of swine flu, after ruling out another 21 patients as having been infected with the deadly disease.

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minister on Thursday retreated from a diagnosis of swine flu that he made on Wednesday, which appeared to be the first Latin American case identified outside of Mexico.

Oscar Ugarte told Reuters an extra round of tests completed on Thursday showed an Argentine patient being treated with antivirals in Peru was suffering from "a form of influenza as virulent as other cases, but it's not swine flu."

The patient, an Argentine who lives in California, had recently been in Mexico. She was on a Copa Airlines flight from Panama that was diverted to Lima on Tuesday because she fell ill. It later flew to its destination of Buenos Aires.

Peru banned on Wednesday all commercial flights arriving from Mexico to try to limit infections from a virus that has killed up to 176 people in Mexico. (Reporting by Teresa Cespedes; Editing by Eric Walsh)

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World warned of grim swine flu battle ahead
The World Health Organization (WHO) raised its flu alert to five on a scale of six, signaling a swine flu pandemic is "imminent."

Margaret Chan, head of the UN health agency, said: "All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans."

Swine flu is believed to be a new strain that combines bird, swine and common human influenza.

Mexico, the main country affected, cut its toll of probable swine flu deaths nearly in half to 84, with eight confirmed, and said the impact from the disease could cost its frail economy more than US$70 billion. Mexican officials held out hope of the virus' spread slowing in their country.

The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the US rose to 111 spread across 13 states, health officials said. They include a World Bank employee who is the first suspected case in the US capital.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon urged people to stay home during a five day holiday weekend in a bid to halt the spread of swine flu. US President Barack Obama vowed to do "whatever it takes" to combat swine flu but rejected calls to close the US border with Mexico.

Latest WHO figures show the US had 91 cases (one death), Mexico 26 (seven deaths), Canada 13, Spain four, New Zealand three, Germany three, Britain five, Israel two and Austria one.

The following countries have also announced confirmed cases: Costa Rica two, Netherlands one, Peru one, Switzerland one.

Japan has detected its first suspected case of swine flu, the Kyodo news agency reported early Friday, citing the country's health ministry.

Prime Minister Taro Aso ordered an all-out campaign against swine flu. Aso's cabinet said military physicians would be sent to Tokyo's main airport, hospitals would set up special ?fever clinics? and all live pig imports would be checked.

Britain, where there are five confirmed cases including a honeymoon couple and a 12-year-old girl, launched a mass public information campaign Thursday over the swine flu threat.

Adverts on television, radio and in newspapers stressed the need to take basic hygiene precautions such as using tissues and washing hands.

Britain's Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson said: "Most people who get flu, even a new strain of flu, will make a good recovery. It's a nasty illness but it's short and they will recover.

"To put things in proportion, in any flu, even the seasonal flu, there are some deaths, often of elderly people and the very frail. What we will see is many more cases, but on the whole most people make a good recovery from flu."

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UPDATE 2-Peru reports first case of influenza A H1N1 in the country
Thursday May 14 2009 19:17 CDT

(Updates with details)

LIMA, May 14 (Reuters) - Peru on Thursday reported the first case of influenza A H1N1 in a Peruvian citizen who arrived a few days ago from United States, becoming the tenth country of Latin America with cases of the deadly virus.

The virus has killed over 60 people in Mexico in 6000 and infected more than 30 countries, according to the World Health Organization, which maintains its alert level 5 by the influenza pandemic, at the edge of their maximum level.

The Peruvian Minister of Health, Oscar Ugarte, said that this is a Peruvian citizen who arrived in the country on a flight from the Chilean airline LAN LAN.SN (LFL.N: Quote) on Saturday night from New York.

"After making all the necessary tests, today we have confirmation that this is a new case of H1N1 influenza," Ugarte said in a press conference.

"This citizen of 27 years came asymptomatic, and no hassles on Sunday night had fever and malaise," the official said.

The minister informed that the patient is isolated in his home with retroviral treatment, while its development is good and almost no symptoms.

Ugarte said that health authorities are conducting epidemiological control of the passengers who arrived on the same flight of infected women and their family environment.

"So far there is no other person presenting symptoms among people who have been in contact with a Peruvian citizen," said the minister.

The officer asked the population not lower our guard in the prevention and called to stay calm because, he said, the Government has done about 106,000 antiviral treatments.

Peru announced on Wednesday that lifted the suspension of flights to and from Mexico, a measure taken by the April 29 in preventing the influenza A H1N1, but said that it will maintain immigration control at airports.

The Government said that it lifted the measure in Mexico noted a positive trend in combating the virus.

Argentina also decided on Thursday the resumption of direct flights from Mexico. In Latin America, only Cuba and Ecuador kept the suspension or restriction of flights.

(Reporting by Marco Aquino and Teresa Cespedes, Edited by Juana Casas)





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LIMA, mayo 14 (Reuters) - Per? report? el jueves el primer caso de influenza A H1N1 en una ciudadana peruana que lleg? hace algunos d?as procedente de Estados Unidos, convirti?ndose en el d?cimo pa?s de Latinoam?rica con casos del mortal virus.

El virus ha matado a m?s de 60 personas en M?xico e infectado a 6.000 en m?s de 30 pa?ses, seg?n la Organizaci?n Mundial de la Salud, que mantiene su nivel de alerta 5 de pandemia por la influenza, al borde de su m?ximo nivel.

El ministro peruano de Salud, Oscar Ugarte, dijo que se trata de una ciudadana peruana que arrib? al pa?s en un vuelo de la aerol?nea chilena LAN LAN.SN (LFL.N: Cotizaci?n) el s?bado en la noche, procedente de Nueva York.

"Despu?s de hacer todas las pruebas necesarias, el d?a de hoy tenemos la confirmaci?n de que se trata de un caso de nueva influenza H1N1", dijo Ugarte en una conferencia de prensa.

"Esta ciudadana de 27 a?os lleg? asintom?tica, sin molestias y el d?a domingo en la noche present? fiebre y malestar", agreg? el funcionario.

El ministro inform? que la paciente est? aislada en su domicilio, con tratamiento de retrovirales; mientras su evoluci?n "es buena" y casi ya no presenta los s?ntomas.

Ugarte refiri? que las autoridades sanitarias est?n realizando el control epidemiol?gico de los pasajeros que llegaron en el mismo vuelo de la mujer infectada, as? como de su entorno familiar.

"Hasta el momento no hay ninguna otra persona que presente sintomatolog?a entre las personas que han estado en contacto con esta ciudadana peruana", dijo el ministro.

El funcionario pidi? a la poblaci?n no bajar la guardia en la prevenci?n y llam? a mantener la calma porque, afirm?, el Gobierno tiene listo unos 106.000 tratamientos antivirales.

Per? anunci? el mi?rcoles que levant? la suspensi?n de vuelos desde y hacia M?xico, una medida que hab?a tomado el 29 de abril en prevenci?n a la influenza A H1N1, aunque afirm? que mantendr? el control migratorio en los aeropuertos.

El Gobierno dijo que levant? la medida porque observa en M?xico una evoluci?n favorable en el combate contra el virus.

Argentina decidi? el jueves tambi?n la reanudaci?n de los vuelos directos desde M?xico. En Latinoam?rica, s?lo Cuba y Ecuador mantienen la suspensi?n o restricci?n de vuelos.

(Reporte de Marco Aquino y Teresa C?spedes, Editado por Juana Casas)

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Published: Monday, May 18 2009
Ugarte Minister confirms third case of influenza type A in Peru

Proprietor of Health recommended capped by coughing, sneezing, washing hands after blowing your nose and notify the Health Services on a possible case.

In relation to the third report of a case of influenza type AH1N1, Health Minister Oscar Ugarte, said that the three scenarios are "imported" as the first was a woman who came from New York, the second case is a U.S. citizen who arrived in Arequipa and the third is a Peruvian who came to the country of Dominican Republic.

In a conversation with RPP, from Geneva, Switzerland, the holder of the health sector said that migration flows arriving in Peru in various ways make the risk of more cases to be "latent, permanent." So we need immigration control at the terminals to detect "suspicious" rather than a normal flu.

Moreover, Ugarte Ubill?s said that as the event is detected, diagnosed, treated and isolated person, to avoid spreading the disease, which is what so far is being done.

We must keep watch for the security of people and take account of the care for these cases, recommended, as covered by coughing, sneezing and washing hands after blowing your nose. We must also notify the Health Services reported a possible case that these symptoms to confirm or exclude.

In addition the Minister Ugarte, who is in the sixty-second meeting of the World Health Organization reported that all participating countries have recognized that it has acted prudently with respect to influenza type A and that Mexico had the detachment to provide to research, as well as United States and Canada, which supported its top-quality laboratories.

"There is a critical mood, but a lot of solidarity, a lot of desire to work together and are fully aware that the situation is still not controlled," he said.

He added that "in Peru, as in South America there is a risk, because we are changing to winter, the seasonal influenza, which is critical in particular areas of the country, particularly by the" cold "in the Andean zones. To are already providing this policy to prevent and control this situation, "he sai

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Peru Health Ministry Confirms 16 Cases of H1N1 Swine Influenza
2009-05-21 21:17:01.298 GMT


By Alex Emery
May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Peru?s government said it has
confirmed 16 cases of swine flu in the Andean nation.
Those who contracted the H1N1 virus include eight students
who returned from a school outing to the Dominican Republic,
leading 13 high schools to suspend classes, the Health Ministry
said in a statement posted on its Web site. A 39-year-old U.S.
male recovered and has left the hospital, the statement said.

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Source: http://lta.reuters.com/article/domes...090522?sp=true

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Cold and flu seasonal leave 119 dead in Peru, worse than H1N1
Friday May 22 2009 18:44 GYT

By Marco Aquino

LIMA (Reuters) - At least 119 children have died since the beginning of the year in Peru because of low temperatures and seasonal influenza, a situation that worries over the health authorities that a new influenza A H1N1.

The director of the department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Edgar Caballero, told Reuters on Friday that the children died mainly due to respiratory complications and in many cases of pneumonia, in areas where temperatures have dropped about 10 degrees below zero.

"If we do nothing, the figure of 119 can continue to grow apart because of the cold, is the problem of poverty, chronic malnutrition in children, which makes them vulnerable to seasonal influenza," said Caballero.

That amount is greater "with respect to the past four years for this time, he added, explaining that now the data collection has improved and increased reporting of cases because of the sensitivity surrounding the new strain influenza H1N1.

They were not immediately available and the comparative figures of the total cases involving adults and elderly.

Areas with higher mortality by the cold wave are designated as Cusco and Puno, in southeastern Mexico, in Arequipa, in the South, where families live in precarious housing and many children do not use shoes, he added.

Only in these three areas have killed at least 49 children under five years from pneumonia, according to radio dispatches.

Knight warned that the death toll could rise in coming days because of increased cold season began in May and many of the families with sick children have to walk for hours to reach a health center.

"There are five types of seasonal virus affecting the respiratory system and easy to pass because there is poor housing ventilation systems," he added.

Health Minister Oscar Ugarte, told reporters that the government has not dropped their guard against the cold snap at a time when the country has confirmed 16 cases of the dreaded H1N1 influenza A, although all are evolving in a favorable manner.

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The new strain of influenza has infected more than 11,000 people in 42 countries around the world and has killed 86, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Seasonal influenza causes the death of between 200,000 and 500,000 people around the world annually.

In South America, Chile has the highest number of confirmed cases to 29 with the new flu infection, followed with 16 Peru, Colombia and Brazil 12 and Ecuador 8 each. In the region there are no deaths due to disease.

The Peruvian government has increased surveillance at airports of people suspected of carrying the new virus.

"The virus (A H1N1) is circulating in the country is imported, if we succeed in all cases that appear, and may be more if we can avoid fencing and expands, the matter is under control," said Ugarte .

But the official said that the Health Ministry prepares a plan to strengthen health services to the cold that affects mainly the pediatric population.

"We are stressing brigades, medicines and vaccines in the southern Andes," said Ugarte.

Lima, Peru's capital and the area with greater access to health facilities, has also been affected by the cold wave that is only beginning and it affects mostly on the outskirts of the city of some 8 million inhabitants.

"They are saturated in this time units who have children with severe pneumonia, we do not have volume in the respiratory intensive care room," said director of the hospital Honorio Delgado, Oscar Morriver?n in an interview with the cable television station Canal N.

"This is our concern," he said.

(Edited by Silene Ramirez)

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Source: http://www.cadenaglobal.com/noticias...t=215795&Sec=6

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Seventeenth case of influenza A (H1N1) in Peru
Friday May 22, 2009

6:38 PM | A high school student the Andean city of Arequipa was reported today as the seventeenth confirmed case of influenza A (H1N1) in Peru.

The management of Arequipa Regional Health reported that the girl contracted the disease in United States, where he went on vacation.

Of the confirmed cases in Peru, 11 were infected in the Dominican Republic, three in the United States and one in Argentina, while the remaining two acquired through contact with students who were in Dominican territory.

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Health Minister Ascar Ugarte, said that this distribution confirmed that influenza A (H1N1) continues to be "imported" and that there is a good control of those affected to avoid spreading the virus.

Fifteen patients were confirmed in two in Lima and Arequipa. At least 11 people are undergoing evaluation for suspected they may have the new flu.

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Source: http://www.diariolaprimeraperu.com/o...e-a_39121.html

Health minister confirms deadly figure Andean zones, in addition to increased cases of infection by viruses AH1N1, none seriously.
133 children killed in cold against 25 cases of influenza A


The flu is still spreading, but children are still dying.

RELOCATION

In relation to the case of domestic worker diagnosed with the flu AH1N1, Labor Minister Jorge Villasante, stressed that his ministry will monitor its once-treatment re-work at the house of which he was dismissed after being accused allegedly as' responsible 'the contagion of a student who traveled to Dominican Republic.

A Sunday in which contrasted figures and reaffirm what happens to the spread of influenza and also unstoppable AH1N1 number of deaths from the cold in the mountains of the country. The minister Oscar Ugarte confirmed 25 cases of infection go to the new influenza, with no cases recorded of gravity, but also confirmed that 133 children have died so far this year from acute respiratory infections (ARI) resulting from the cold.

Although the Ministry of Health launched a preventive campaign of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI), to prevent pneumonia and complications of IRAs, copper fatalities Minsa January reported that to date there were 133 deaths of children children under five years, the population most affected by the intense cold, with the population of adults older than sixty years.

Ugarte said that the department with the highest incidence of deaths is Puno after presenting 27 cases, followed by Cusco (16), Loreto (8), Huancavelica (3), Lima (3), as well as other regions that have a high Arequipa infant mortality by the scourge of pneumonia. Similarly, the system of epidemiological surveillance Minsa noted that so far this year, one million 125 thousand provided care to children under five years with acute respiratory infections.

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While in the mountains are still awaiting the reaction of the government with the same impetus that face new flu, the list of infected by the virus AH1N1 increases. Minsa four new confirmed cases of influenza AH1N1. This is a school (13), a companion of the students who traveled to Dominican Republic, another is a man of 48 years, parent of a school of the same group. Then a girl of 8 years living in Arequipa and a school of 15 that traveled to Argentina.

While it is true that the virus was spread in the country, Health Minister said it is important to maintain a fence to prevent epidemic the virus to spread and infect from person to person, which is already evident. He assured that reinforce preventive measures and health security.

The director general of Health Minsa, Edward Cruz, found that in the following days more cases are expected, with the main focus group of 600 students who traveled to Punta Cana (Santo Domingo), as there are between 10 to 15 suspected cases in pending diagnosis.

Negligence complaint
Milagros Ore, mother of 2 school children who were diagnosed to be carrying the virus AH1N1 after returning from Dominican Republic, reported that the Ministry of Health made a mistake in diagnosis. The outraged mother said doctors were Minsa to your home exams for his two young daughters and they said they had the virus, but was told days later that was wrong. "He came to my house director (Health La Molina) and I said yes (had the flu). Then I said that was a mistake, "he said.

"This is alarming because they are already 21 cases of the virus AH1N1 ministry announced it officially, but what if half are mistakes. The worst thing is that we were given drugs without thinking that could lead to death, "said Milagros Or? to" Weekly Report ". The minister, before this, said that "if there was an error, shall be punished severely."

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But influenza alert remains at the global level. The Ministry of Health of Peru yesterday reported four new cases of influenza A/H1N1, bringing to 25 the total number of patients with H1N1 in the country.

New cases of influenza A are presented in "a Peruvian school of 13 years and a Peruvian citizen of 48 years.

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Source: http://www.lasegunda.com/ediciononli...noticia=487796

Rising to 36 confirmed cases of human influenza in Peru
Friday May 29, 2009
Source: Reuters
The last one is affected less than three years, who is confined to his home and antiviral treatment.

LIMA .- The confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) in Peru rose to 36 Friday with four new cases of children diagnosed in the last 48 hours, plus a man of 50 years, according to the report of the Ministry of Health.

The official report stated that the case was confirmed by a boy three years, which is to control medical privacy at home, antiviral and evolving favorably.

Three other children-two girls, 9 and 7 years and a boy of 8 years, affected by human influenza were diagnosed yesterday in the city of Arequipa, as an adult of 50 years, father of another confirmed case previously.

The Ministry added that everyone with medical supervision, home insulation, antiviral and a favorable outcome.

The owner of Health, Oscar Ugarte, informed reporters that the first six confirmed cases, in mid of this month, and were discharged.

Ugarte is making a working tour in the mountains south of the country where they have concentrated more than 100 deaths from pneumonia in children so far this year, to oversee a campaign of vaccination and delivery of shelter and medicines for neediest populations.

Since last April 24 until today, arrived in Peru 1392 aircraft, with 174,942 passengers and 10,998 crew members, who were evaluated by health personnel of the Aviation Health

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Source: http://www.rpp.com.pe/2009-05-31-min...ia_184906.html

Sunday, May 31 2009
Minsa reported two new cases of influenza AH1N1 in Peru

These two youths of 22 and 26 years respectively. So far there are 17,318 infected and 115 deaths in the world.

The Ministry of Health confirmed two new cases of influenza AH1N1. These two Peruvians living in Lima, 22 and 26 years respectively, which was raised to 40 the number of infected nationwide.

They noted that both are now with medical supervision, home insulation, antiviral treatment, thus developing well.

In the world, so far there are 17,318 confirmed cases in 62 countries and 115 deaths. Northern America, Central and South America, with 16,011 counted so far.

Minsa reported that health services are kept ready and on alert, while detailing that you have the proper treatment and sufficient to face any emergency in relation to this pandemic.

As of April 24 until 7 am on May 31 arrived 1485 aircraft, with a total of 185,319 passengers and 11,627 crew members, who were evaluated by health personnel of the Aviation Health.

None of them presented symptoms and all had signed a commitment with the Ministry of Health, if necessary, be located and discarded its contagio