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Brazil-Passengers and crew of cruise lines are vaccinated against chickenpox in Buzios

Tonka

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http://noticias.r7.com/rio-de-janei...nados-contra-catapora-em-buzios-20111221.html
Portuguese-English translation

Passengers and crew of cruise lines are vaccinated against chickenpox in Buzios
Adolescents with symptoms of the disease was seen in Rio de Janeiro and returned home

From R7 | 21/12/2011 at 15h39



About 50 people, including crew and passengers of the ship Pacific, which was anchored in Buzios, in the Lakes Region of Rio, on the morning of Wednesday (21) were vaccinated against chickenpox after a 15 year old was taken from vessel with symptoms of the disease.

Vaccination was carried out by a team of the Secretariat of Health Surveillance

The teenager, who boarded the cruise in Santos, S?o Paulo coast, began to show signs of disease early in the trip. She landed in Rio de Janeiro and was treated at the Hospital Municipal Jesus, in Vila Isabel, in the north of the Rio After confirmation of the disease, she returned to Sao Paulo by plane, on its own.

The boat moved on. According to experts of the Secretariat, there is no risk of an outbreak. Vaccination took place following a technical guidance of the Ministry of Health, which states that people who have had close contact with the patient and the crew of movement with no history of vaccination or previous disease to be immunized.
 
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