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Source: http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-s...uspende-actividades-publicas-por-gripe-a.html
Google translation:
Government of Guatemala suspends public by influenza A
Guatemala's government decided on more drastic measures to facilitate actions to deal with influenza A (H1N1) and decided to suspend all kinds of public events this week, today the Vice President Rafael Espada.
Written by DPA
Monday, 15 June 2009 16:21
Vicemandatario said at the press conference were suspended a series of public activities planned by the Executive this week to avoid contagion of people in mass meetings.
At the same time, Espada said that the cabinet discussed the possibility of declaring this week the state of public calamity, for the purpose of facilitating greater responsiveness of the authorities to a possible spread of the virus.
The official record is 119 people sick, with 23 new cases were confirmed over the weekend. According to the report of the World Health Organization (WHO), Guatemala has a death due to illness. The Ministry of Health of Guatemala said that it is the case of a child who suffered from virus infection, but died of kidney failure.
Ludwig Ovalle, Deputy Minister of Health, said the authorities had "under control" the situation and considered "natural" behavior of the virus that has generated more cases in a "second peak" of the disease.
He noted that the first peak was around the fifth day of May, when it detected the first case of human influenza in a girl 11 years old who was returning from a trip to Mexico and that the second phase is currently living in with the increase of cases.
The official said that in Guatemala the problem created by the new virus has not been so severe "for the prevention and control of the instruments. He stressed that most patients were "fully recovered" and that the remainder of infected people respond to preventive treatment, which also applies to at least ten people around each of the patients.
Google translation:
Government of Guatemala suspends public by influenza A
Guatemala's government decided on more drastic measures to facilitate actions to deal with influenza A (H1N1) and decided to suspend all kinds of public events this week, today the Vice President Rafael Espada.
Written by DPA
Monday, 15 June 2009 16:21
Vicemandatario said at the press conference were suspended a series of public activities planned by the Executive this week to avoid contagion of people in mass meetings.
At the same time, Espada said that the cabinet discussed the possibility of declaring this week the state of public calamity, for the purpose of facilitating greater responsiveness of the authorities to a possible spread of the virus.
The official record is 119 people sick, with 23 new cases were confirmed over the weekend. According to the report of the World Health Organization (WHO), Guatemala has a death due to illness. The Ministry of Health of Guatemala said that it is the case of a child who suffered from virus infection, but died of kidney failure.
Ludwig Ovalle, Deputy Minister of Health, said the authorities had "under control" the situation and considered "natural" behavior of the virus that has generated more cases in a "second peak" of the disease.
He noted that the first peak was around the fifth day of May, when it detected the first case of human influenza in a girl 11 years old who was returning from a trip to Mexico and that the second phase is currently living in with the increase of cases.
The official said that in Guatemala the problem created by the new virus has not been so severe "for the prevention and control of the instruments. He stressed that most patients were "fully recovered" and that the remainder of infected people respond to preventive treatment, which also applies to at least ten people around each of the patients.