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SS confirms 8 cases of Influenza A H1N1, two are people of Laredo, Texas
February 24, 2012 (14:06:03)
- Coverage of vaccine is 97% so far. Gaston Monge / EnL?neaDIRECTA Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. - The Ministry of Health in this city, confirmed the presence of 8 cases of H1N1 influenza, of which 6 adults and two children , although the cases, according to the version of the head of the health jurisdiction, Jaime Gutierrez, two are residents of Laredo, Texas, who have detected the disease. stressed the doctor that none of the affected had been vaccinated against disease, but said they are already on medication to counter the effects and prevent complications. "Sick of Laredo are an adult and a child under five years of age," said the doctor, citing that its evolution, this type of influenza can be categorized and as stationary, because normally be presented each year during the winter season. added that hopefully by the end of winter, the city could occur in about 15 cases, an amount considered 'normal', but did not specify their sick among likely to be complications leading to death one of them, as happened in Reynosa. To combat the presence of disease in the city, the agency applied and 30 000 vaccines to the population, an estimated 33 000, and said the highest risk groups such as adults over 65, children under five years, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, tuberculosis and AIDS patients are the priority for vaccination. "We have a coverage of 97% in the application of the vaccine, and we are focusing more on risk groups, although all persons may use the" Gutierrez said. Vaccination was extended also to local criminal, where inmates, as a population at high risk not only for this disease, but for other infectious type, they are vaccinated as a preventive measure, since in that place there have been no outbreaks. The year 2010 was the most critical because the presence of a global pandemic of influenza, prompting the mass application of vaccines in the state, so a year later the number of patients decreased significantly, at least in this city. The health sector composed of SS, IMSS, ISSSTE, vaccines also apply to their dependents.