A/H1N1 flu death toll in Colombia reaches 28

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A/H1N1 flu death toll in Colombia reaches 13
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BOGOTA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian government confirmed four new deaths from A/H1N1 flu on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 13 in the country.

The Social Protection Ministry said three men in the capital Bogota and a woman in Cundinamarca province died of A/H1N1 flu.

The ministry said there have been 259 confirmed cases of A/H1N1 flu in the country so far, as well as 7,838 suspected cases.

The Colombian government has tightened control at hospitals and health centers to avoid a large-scale spread of the disease in the country.

It is possible that the number of A/H1N1 flu cases would increase rapidly in the country during the coming rain season, said the ministry.

 

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13 A number of deaths rose by new influenza in Colombia


The Colombian authorities are still introducing controls in areas of income from tourists and medical centers.

Four adults (three men and one woman) were added to the list of fatalities. The cases were recorded in Bogot? (three men) and one in the town of Cucunub? (Cundinamarca).


This was reported by the National Institute of Health, bringing the official number of deaths rose to 13.

Likewise, the agency reported 14 new cases of the disease, for a total of 259 since the beginning of May to date. Unofficial reports indicate that the three deceased Bogota had 58, 55 and 30 years old, respectively.

The first of them, and who apparently suffered from a lung disease, consult a health center in the capital on July 19 because it had dry cough and breathing difficulty. In this place he was diagnosed with pneumonia.

Given its rapid deterioration, and laboratory confirmation that it was a new case of influenza, was placed in an intensive care unit, where he received treatment for these cases.

However, deteriorated rapidly and died on July 26. At 55 years of Bogota, who presented with symptoms of coughing, general weakness, vomiting, chest pain and fainting, the samples were taken July 19 to rule out the presence of the virus AH1N1, but came out positive.

Following the result was placed in an intensive care unit, where he was also delivered the antiviral Tamiflu, which is part of the protocol to handle these cases. However, according to the report, his health was rapidly complicated and died a few days later.

The third case corresponds to an adult of 30 years, the doctor who attended the July 15 after presenting with symptoms of a heavy cold.

That same day he was hospitalized and, despite treatment, died on July 21. For its part, Zoraya Lopez, Cundinamarca secretary of Health, confirmed that the deceased woman was 33 years, mother of five children and, until just over a week, when consulted by a table in Cucunub? acute respiratory, your it was good.

In the health center of the town were taken samples to be sent to the Institute. Because no improvement was Ubat? and later transferred to a hospital Soacha. The woman, who on Monday received new confirmation of influenza, died Tuesday.

Health authorities in Bogot? and Cundinamarca said that the four victims were infected by the virus indigenous movement. No trip to high-risk areas abroad, nor had contact with positive cases of the disease. Their families are isolated and under surveillance.

 

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Woman dies of flu virus AH1N1, is the second victim of the department of Cundinamarca

The victim of 33 years had not left his home in Cucunub? in the last three weeks and had not had contact with foreigners, which means that the virus is found in the population.



Therefore, the health department immediately announced a plan for training a priority in nine municipalities. Stocks that are the subject of the prevention program, which tries to link different sectors, are: Zipaquira, Chia, Nemoc?n, Fusagasug?, Soacha, Girardot, Facatativa, Ubat? and Cucunub? (see attached note).

They also recalled the basic tips to reduce the risk of contagion, like washing hands several times a day, or hand to greet and kiss, when sneezing or coughing, cover your mouth and nose with tissue or using the inner arm.

The woman, one of the 13 deaths in the country, had been transferred with symptoms of pneumonia to the hospital and died of Soacha Cardioinfantil last Tuesday, a day after the National Institute of Health to deliver the results of the samples was had taken Cucunub?. Their five children are valued and you are part of the list of 100 suspected cases of the virus carriers AH1N1 in Cundinamarca.

According to the secretary of Health in Cundinamarca, Soraya Lopez, that hundreds of people, about 10 percent would be positive for the new flu. Until July 21, in Cundinamarca had reported 13 confirmed cases and one death (in Soacha) by the virus. But a week later, the figure had risen to 20 confirmed and two deaths.

Lopez drew the attention and therefore lack of tighter controls at airports and inland terminals in the country. "We take hygiene measures in schools, we have call center so that suspect cases be reported and there are doctors who visit people in their homes, but one thing we can not control the airport issue," he said. He added: "One comes to Airport Eldorado, the only thing it is to deliver a prospectus. There is a thermometer to determine, at least to those who arrive with a fever."

Skills against AH1N1

Although the training sessions will be linked the 116 municipalities in the department, the priority for the health department will Zipaquira, Chia, Nemoc?n, Fusagasug?, Soacha, Girardot, Facatativa, Ubat? and Cucunub?.

The workshops are aimed at health promoters, members of associations of users of the public network IPS departmental supervisors and coordinators of the Plan of Public Health Interventions Collective, presidents of community action boards, boards of educational institutions, officials ICBF Families in Action Network Together, Civil Defense, Red Cross and Firefighters.

They studied the signs and symptoms of warning, precaution, hygiene, channeling suspicious symptoms, general treatment and diagnostics.

The next day started on August 5 and will Zipaquira Guaduas on August 10, Fusagasug? 12; Soacha 13; Nemoc?n 14, Facatativa 18; Ch?a 19 and Girardot on August 20. Additionally, it is enabled call center in the Emergency Control Center 335 22 30 / 50 and the telephone 749 11 48 of the Health Department and 313 36 26 Conv. Available at automedicas@cundinamarca.gov.co.

 

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31 Jul 2009 - 9:30 am
A pregnant case of death from influenza A
This is a couple of 21 years who was five months pregnant.


A 17 increased number of people killed by influenza AH1N1

The last report of death from the virus AH1N1 an event in Bogota, the victim was a pregnant woman who was hospitalized on July 21 after presenting a general malaise.

The symptoms were: shortness of breath, cough, sore throat, fever and body aches.

After being placed in the clinic three days died of severe complications in the lungs.

Of the 17 deaths that have occurred in the country, 10 have occurred in Bogotá, where 87 people are infected with influenza.

Source: http://www.lasegunda.com/ediciononline/internacional/detalle/index.asp?idnoticia=499957

Colombia: 17 human deaths from influenza
Thursday July 30 2009
Source: Reuters
Furthermore, the country recorded 270 confirmed cases of infection.
BOGOTA .- The number of deaths from the human influenza rose to 17 in Colombia, where the number of infected with the disease is 270, said the Ministry of Social Protection.

"To date, Colombia has 270 confirmed cases of infection with the pandemic virus H1N1/09, including 17 deaths," says a press release from the Ministry, in which no details are given.

On May 3 last confirmed the first case of FMD in the country, a man who lives in Zipaquira, a town near Bogota, a few days earlier and had returned from a trip to the Mexican resort of Cancun, Mexico .

A month later, on June 4, was the first death of a woman of 23 years in the Colombian capital.

 

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Colombia reported 18 human deaths from influenza
August 12, 2009 - 17:25 --

Bogot?, 12 Ago (Notimex) .- The Ministry of Social Protection in Colombia today reported 18 deaths and 298 people infected across the country by the epidemic of human influenza.

A report from the Ministry noted that the total infected, 23 were confirmed in the last few hours in several parts of Colombia, despite the controls to slow its progress.

Since the first patient was detected with human influenza in the South American country, health authorities have accounted for more than four thousand warnings of possible infected by the disease.

Of these, 298 were confirmed cases, mostly in Bogota, which killed 10 people, including 18 reported.

According to the report, cases were confirmed in 21 of the 32 departments with regard to Colombia, with a greater impact on people who have traveled to areas affected by the virus A/H1N1.

 

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Reveal five more deaths in the country by the new influenza

These are supplemented with 14 fatalities in the capital and a total of 23 throughout the country. Van 367 cases of patients in the country.


There are four cases in Bogota and one in Pitalito (Huila).

Sixth case reported positive influenza A in Caldas

She is a woman of 51 years living in the municipality of Aguadas, north of the department. According to the Territorial Health Caldas patient is in good health.

With this van, and six cases of the virus AH1N1 in this department, two of which relate to deceased persons, both residents in the town of Viterbo, in the west of this section of the country.

Bogota and Manizales

 

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Do not lower your guard to prevent respiratory disease called District Secretariat of Health


Hand washing and use of the mask are not ignored.

The warning was made by the entity, since the new influenza continues to spread and lethality appears to increase.


Has not yet begun the second 'peak' of acute respiratory illnesses in the country, scheduled for late September, and the number of victims by the influenza virus is the new 14 in Bogot?.

Ie, from May, when the new flu was detected, at least one person every week dies in the city as a result of the disease, while those with the virus confirmed cases reached 164, of the 367 reported in the country.

At the same time, according to records provided by the District Health Secretariat (SDS), between January and July this year 47 people died from pneumonia, which represents an average of nearly two victims a week. At the same time, in this period, 18,890 children under 5 years attended at the Chambers of acute respiratory diseases (ERA) of public hospitals for these diseases flu.

The SDS noted that this proportion represents an increase of 19 percent, in relation to the patients who consulted the first seven months of 2008.

For now, the director of the Laboratory of Public Health of the SDS, Elkin Osorio said that "the lethality of the new pandemic virus of influenza A H1N1 is not as high as expected. However, we should expect the epidemic to evolve and to examine whether mortality is becoming more viruses existing seasonal influenza. "

According to the records of the Secretariat, last year 112 children died as a result of pneumonia, which represents an increase compared to the 2007 event.

In the first seven months of this year, there is a slight upward trend, having accounted for 47 deaths in that period, while last year there were 46 in that period.

However, the district health authorities have begun to worry about the spread of new flu viruses in the environment.

The pediatric lung specialist and coordinator of the Boards of the SDS ERA, Gustavo Aristizabal, said: "There is a large predominance of seasonal influenza virus, which circulates traditionally, but we see great strength has caught the virus again, which suggests that we're entering a real risk. We'll have a 'peak' probably very hard when it enters the second winter period. "

The head of the emergency department of the Clinic Country, Juan Manuel Gutierrez, said that the rise in demand for emergency consultation is due to the fear of disease to other causes.

But Aristiz?bal Osorio and called on citizens not to lower our guard in the implementation of preventive measures, especially hand washing and use of the mask.

If the person presents persistent fever of 38.5 degrees, the above is to consult a doctor immediately.