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Curitiba confirms first case of swine flu

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
The Centre of Epidemiologia of the Municipal General office of Health of Curitiba confirms the first indigenous case (when the disease is contracted in the city itself) of influenza A (HIN1) - pig flu - this year, in the capital. A 28-year-old woman, who had not taken the vaccine, did the treatment in a private hospital and ended the recuperation at home. Up to now there had been confirmed in laboratory only the imported case of a boy who developed the disease in January, in the return of a travel to the United States.



In agreement with the director of the centre, Karin Luhm, this is the confirmation of the presence of the virus of the flu A in the capital from Paran? - what must take the population to increase the attention as for the basic cares of prevention. According to the doctor, which were called for the campaign of vaccination must attend one of the health centers up to the near Friday (21).



In the morning of today (18), the Paran? reached 80 % of the mark predicted of to vaccinate. 3,95 million persons are already immunized.
In Curitiba, 63 % of the population from 30 to 39 years still did not take the vaccine. Pregnant women, chronic, childish patients between six months and two years and adults from 20 to 39 years can still be vaccinated.



In accordance with the State General office of the Health, in the whole State, practically all the groups already surpassed the mark of 80 % of immunization. Pregnant women (77 %) and adults from 30 to 39 years (30 %) are an exception. There were vaccinated 1,6 million bearers of chronic diseases and 1,5 million adults in the belt from 20 to 29 years.



The Paran? waits for an answer of the Ministry of Health on the possibility of the campaign of vaccination to be enlarged for the whole population of the State. A first additional share of 300 thousand doses will be still sent by the Ministry of Health in this week, but the share will serve to cover part of what was used to more in groups that had his initial foresight overstepped, as it is the case of the chronic patients.




The request of the government of the Paran? so that the whole population is immunized is because the state was what more it suffered with the flu in last year, when there were confirmed more than 60 thousand cases of the disease and 288 deaths. The last report spread by the General office of the Health, in the last day 10, referring to this year, shows 1.150 confirmed cases of the disease and 11 deaths.

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