Four deaths from the H1N1 virus in Uruguay, with more than 60 infected in 2011
03/08/2011 19:52 The Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health confirmed on Wednesday that a seven year old girl who died July 31 was carrying the H1N1 virus, bringing the total to four deaths from the strain flu, which affected more than 60 people in the country so far in 2011.
Montevideo. AFP .- "The Department of Public Health Laboratory confirmed the presence of H1N1 virus in the sample for the case of the girl who died on July 31 in the department of Maldonado" (East), said the statement released Wednesday.
The day before, the director general of health, Gilberto Rios, said that since the beginning of 2011 there were over 60 cases of people infected with H1N1 virus, of which "30% required hospitalization, which" is within the foreseeable ".
H1N1 killed 25 people in Uruguay, according to the latest official figure reported in August 2009.
03/08/2011 19:52 The Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health confirmed on Wednesday that a seven year old girl who died July 31 was carrying the H1N1 virus, bringing the total to four deaths from the strain flu, which affected more than 60 people in the country so far in 2011.
Montevideo. AFP .- "The Department of Public Health Laboratory confirmed the presence of H1N1 virus in the sample for the case of the girl who died on July 31 in the department of Maldonado" (East), said the statement released Wednesday.
The day before, the director general of health, Gilberto Rios, said that since the beginning of 2011 there were over 60 cases of people infected with H1N1 virus, of which "30% required hospitalization, which" is within the foreseeable ".
H1N1 killed 25 people in Uruguay, according to the latest official figure reported in August 2009.
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