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Another two Dutch infected with swine flu
(Reuters) - Another two Dutch are infected with the Mexican flu. The patients are a 25-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman. That the National Institute for Health and Environment (RIVM) published Thursday.
The two patients were both from the United States, but had no contact with each other. They are treated and it goes well with both, let RIVM know. Close contacts of the two are detected and treated if necessary.
A total of six Dutch people infected with the flu, which officially New Influenza A (H1N1) is called. Last Tuesday, the RIVM announced that a 25-year-old female patient was the fourth Dutch. They just came back from New York and became the first Dutchman to the virus outside of Mexico had been. The RIVM reported when all the coming weeks more repeat travelers expect those infected with the Mexican flu.
Earlier it was already clear that in a 3-year-old child, a 53-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man was infected. They were all in Mexico, and are now restored.
The RIVM advises people after returning from Mexico or the United States within seven days of flu-like symptoms to contact their general practitioner. The doctor then decides in consultation with the health authorities or further research is needed.
Wednesday, the World Health Organization announced that the number of Mexican flu in the world is approaching twenty thousand. The disease has been lit in the top 66 countries certainly. The virus claimed known more than a hundred lives, especially in Mexico.
http://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/nederlan...Nederlanders_besmet_met_Mexicaanse_griep.html
Another two Dutch infected with swine flu
(Reuters) - Another two Dutch are infected with the Mexican flu. The patients are a 25-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman. That the National Institute for Health and Environment (RIVM) published Thursday.
The two patients were both from the United States, but had no contact with each other. They are treated and it goes well with both, let RIVM know. Close contacts of the two are detected and treated if necessary.
A total of six Dutch people infected with the flu, which officially New Influenza A (H1N1) is called. Last Tuesday, the RIVM announced that a 25-year-old female patient was the fourth Dutch. They just came back from New York and became the first Dutchman to the virus outside of Mexico had been. The RIVM reported when all the coming weeks more repeat travelers expect those infected with the Mexican flu.
Earlier it was already clear that in a 3-year-old child, a 53-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man was infected. They were all in Mexico, and are now restored.
The RIVM advises people after returning from Mexico or the United States within seven days of flu-like symptoms to contact their general practitioner. The doctor then decides in consultation with the health authorities or further research is needed.
Wednesday, the World Health Organization announced that the number of Mexican flu in the world is approaching twenty thousand. The disease has been lit in the top 66 countries certainly. The virus claimed known more than a hundred lives, especially in Mexico.
http://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/nederlan...Nederlanders_besmet_met_Mexicaanse_griep.html