Confirmed four new cases of A (H1N1) in Bolivia

[Tonka]

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Confirmed four new cases of A (H1N1) in Bolivia
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

March 30, 2010, 07:31 La Paz, Mar 30 (Prensa Latina) Four new cases of influenza A (H1N1) were confirmed today by the head of the Epidemiology Unit of the Bolivian Ministry of Health, Ren? Lennis.

According to the official, three of these patients are located in Santa Cruz (east) and another in Beni (northeast), and them plus a woman of 59 years in the capital Santa Cruz died a few days ago, also of 185 ill suspects.

To cope with the disease, the Ministry of Health will begin on Monday the national vaccination against influenza in each of the departments of the country, which boasts one million 300 thousand doses.

Pregnant women, the chronically ill, those suffering from diabetes and cancer, and medical personnel will be the first to receive the vaccine, said the industry minister, Sonia Polo.

Furthermore, the plateau will be implemented nation immunizing Panezo (Sanofi Pasteur), a vaccine against pandemic influenza A (H1N1) without adjuvant inactivated type, prequalified by the World Health Organization.

Last year in Bolivia were confirmed over two thousand 500 cases of influenza AH1N1 and registered 59 deaths.

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[tetano]

Re: Confirmed four new cases of A (H1N1) in Bolivia

Meanwhile yesterday there was confirmed one more case of patient infected with the flu A in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, sanitary authorities of the same region revealed that the announced vaccination did not start.
The National Center of Tropical Illnesses (CENETROP) confirmed that a six-year-old child has the flu A H1N1. With him, in Santa Cruz, the infected ones already add five, whereas the sixth one corresponds to Trinidad.
The chief of Epidemiología of the Departmental Service of Health (Head offices), Roberto Tórrez, told that the small one lives for the avenue Mutualista and that it is out of danger.
To six days of having presented the symptoms, yesterday it was recovered and it did not have need to receive the treatment of Tamiflú. He added that it is a question of a patient without base illness.
The Department of Health reported that in the Institute of the Thorax of La Paz, a major adult was interned with the symptoms of the influenza. The same one is in a room of isolation and the analyses are waited. Up to the date there are 245 suspicious cases of flu A H1N1 in the country.

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