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Bogot? prepares for epidemiological second peak under the threat of influenza AH1 N1Caracol | July 6, 2009
Undersecretary of Health in Bogot?, Juan Varela, called on the capital for free vaccination against influenza to prevent an increase in the spread of H1N1 virus in the city for the climate changes expected in the city.
"It's a call that comes our second peak for these epidemiological changes in climate we have in the city, we call people who go to health centers to get vaccinated against influenza, we have the new dose of strain 2009 to seize and we immunize completely free and avoid the risk of not only infected with influenza A stationary flu prevention, but also have some virus was H1N1, "said Varela.
Health authorities clarified that the vaccine against influenza is not a cure for influenza AH1 N1, but with a normal flu defenses are lowered considerably and is more prone to contracting the virus AH1 N1.
The health secretary stressed that vaccination against influenza can be made at any EPS, IPS, or the 22 district hospitals of the Ministry of Health.
Bogota is a city in the country with the highest number of infections reported so far, 34 of the 118 confirmed cases were detected in the capital, including two deaths.
Bogot? prepares for epidemiological second peak under the threat of influenza AH1 N1Caracol | July 6, 2009
Undersecretary of Health in Bogot?, Juan Varela, called on the capital for free vaccination against influenza to prevent an increase in the spread of H1N1 virus in the city for the climate changes expected in the city.
"It's a call that comes our second peak for these epidemiological changes in climate we have in the city, we call people who go to health centers to get vaccinated against influenza, we have the new dose of strain 2009 to seize and we immunize completely free and avoid the risk of not only infected with influenza A stationary flu prevention, but also have some virus was H1N1, "said Varela.
Health authorities clarified that the vaccine against influenza is not a cure for influenza AH1 N1, but with a normal flu defenses are lowered considerably and is more prone to contracting the virus AH1 N1.
The health secretary stressed that vaccination against influenza can be made at any EPS, IPS, or the 22 district hospitals of the Ministry of Health.
Bogota is a city in the country with the highest number of infections reported so far, 34 of the 118 confirmed cases were detected in the capital, including two deaths.