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  • Fatality reported in Lambayeque

    Source: http://www.peru.com/noticias/portada...-en-Lambayeque

    Google translation:
    Baby nine months of age die from the flu in Lambayeque AH1N1
    Cases of influenza A in Peru continue to rise

    Lambayeque (Peru.com) .- A baby nine months old with Down syndrome is the first fatality of influenza AH1N1 in the department of Lambayeque and number 13 in the country, reported the daily 'Per?.21' the Regional Director of Health, Victor Echeand?a.

    The last child was admitted to the hospital Saturday 11 ESSALUD Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo Chiclayo with an acute respiratory infection and died the next day with a picture of pneumonia.

    Echeand?a stated that the official results of the tests conducted by the National Institute of Health to samples of children recently met this Monday. The authority also revealed that in the northern region there are 34 confirmed cases of evil.

    Meanwhile, the National University of Trujillo suspended for two weeks in its academic activities to prevent the flu AH1N1, reported the press office of the home studies.

    The measure began to govern this Monday and will last until next Monday, August 3 at its campus, the language center and a school that operates within it.

    Currently unknown whether the said university is suspected or confirmed cases, but the University Council took this action to prevent the spread of the virus, which in August reached its highest incidence and could mutate.

    Before the suspension, the center of studies conducted a campaign of vaccination against seasonal influenza among students, teachers and administrative staff.

    This measure was also observed at the Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal (Lima), where three cases were confirmed, and the National University Hermilo Valdiz?n (Huanuco), where he died an administrative worker.

    Until Friday, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two thousand cases of influenza, 503 of which 912 thousand were discharged.
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