Brazil: Government releases R $ 30 million against influenza

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The Ministry of Health announced on Friday (21) measures to deal with the flu in the country. R $ 30 million will be allocated to the States of greater concentration of the disease-Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paran? and S?o Paulo. the money will be used to increase the capacity of hospitalization of patients. 450 beds will be created for the treatment of influenza, which will enable up to 1.8 thousand hospitalizations per month.The Health Minister Alexandre Padilha said that Government is concerned about the growth of cases of influenza. 'The guidance for doctors is not to expect the development of signs of severity, or confirmation of Influenza A (H1N1) to begin treatment with Tamiflu,' said Padilha. so far were notified 4,713 severe acute respiratory Syndrome cases with 391 deaths. In this cases, 388 were confirmed for Influenza A (H1N1) with 61 deaths. The S?o Paulo State registers 90% of cases of respiratory syndrome recorded in the country. So far were 1,863 confirmed cases. Of these, 328 were by the Influenza A (H1N1) with 183 deaths.The Minister said that the Government monitors the situation of the State and sent a team to investigate the deaths. Alexandre Padilha recommended the expansion of the distribution of the medicine Tamiflu and the reinforced rapid service-oriented population.




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