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http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico...-un-millon-de-vacunas-contra-la-influenza.htm
Spanish to English translation
Apply more than one million flu vaccines
States | Mexico State | Influenza
Mexico State
The health secretary said that the Entity is pending the vaccination of some individuals to complete the figure
CUAUTITLAN IZCALLI, STATE OF MEXICO (24/ENE/2011) .- About one million 785 thousand inhabitants of the State of Mexico have received the trivalent vaccine against influenza, which represents 85% of people within the risk groups the entity.
O'Shea Gabriel Cuevas, Minister of Health at the Institution, said that vaccination is still pending for some people to complete the two million 100 thousand in this group who have been given priority to receive this vaccine.
"We have an advance of 85% of the new trivalent vaccine strain H1N1, H3N2 and influenza B".
He said that "is directed at risk groups are adults over 60 years, under five, pregnant women and people with some disease."
During the delivery of Popular Insurance policies in the municipality of Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico state government official said it would be to end this risk group to continue the vaccination of other sectors of the population.
Cuevas O'Shea explained that during the winter season in the State of Mexico have not been filed deaths from influenza virus.
He said that 95% of the approximately 28 000 respiratory infections were recorded in the state during the winter season, are associated with the H3N2 strain which has appeared in the last 16 years.
He stressed that only three percent of these diseases have been associated with influenza A virus H1N1, which represents an average of two cases per day, without any major complications.
Spanish to English translation
Apply more than one million flu vaccines
States | Mexico State | Influenza
Mexico State
The health secretary said that the Entity is pending the vaccination of some individuals to complete the figure
CUAUTITLAN IZCALLI, STATE OF MEXICO (24/ENE/2011) .- About one million 785 thousand inhabitants of the State of Mexico have received the trivalent vaccine against influenza, which represents 85% of people within the risk groups the entity.
O'Shea Gabriel Cuevas, Minister of Health at the Institution, said that vaccination is still pending for some people to complete the two million 100 thousand in this group who have been given priority to receive this vaccine.
"We have an advance of 85% of the new trivalent vaccine strain H1N1, H3N2 and influenza B".
He said that "is directed at risk groups are adults over 60 years, under five, pregnant women and people with some disease."
During the delivery of Popular Insurance policies in the municipality of Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico state government official said it would be to end this risk group to continue the vaccination of other sectors of the population.
Cuevas O'Shea explained that during the winter season in the State of Mexico have not been filed deaths from influenza virus.
He said that 95% of the approximately 28 000 respiratory infections were recorded in the state during the winter season, are associated with the H3N2 strain which has appeared in the last 16 years.
He stressed that only three percent of these diseases have been associated with influenza A virus H1N1, which represents an average of two cases per day, without any major complications.