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H1N1 Flu kills a girl in Popay?n
January 19, 2012 ? 16:49 ? updated January 20, 2012 at 09:44
H1N1 flu left a fatality in the city of Popayan, capital of Cauca, which together with other cases still unconfirmed alerted that corner of the country.
The health secretary manager in the Cauca, Rene Zuniga, told Efe that the H1N1 virus caused the death of a 13-year-old died at a clinic in Popayan on 10 January, shortly after making his income.
For his part, Jorge Holguin, the Epidemiological Surveillance Coordinator Cali, capital of neighboring department of Valle del Cauca, said in conversation with Efe that the National Institute of Health (NIH) still checks if the flu was also the cause of another death .
This is a patient who came to the capital of Valle from the nearby town of Tulua, affected by a "picture compatible with acute respiratory illness and fever," he said.
Holguin said that in Cali there are two "probable" sick of this virus, whose cases are also being examined.
However, it dismissed the southwestern region of the country is facing a new outbreak of H1N1 flu, they have not yet been shown to have affected at least number of people, and recalled that in 2011 at this point there were more cases of victims confirmed by the INS.
The local health authorities, however, remain on alert, said Holguin, advance training sessions for about one hundred health care providers to implement preventive measures and ensure a better reaction.
It also advised people not to treat yourself when you feel fever, muscle aches or pains typical of a "severe cold box" and is directed rather as soon as emergency medical services nearby.
At this time, the centers of the region have enough doses of Tamiflu, a formula that is used to fight the disease since 2009 is presented in an outbreak that left thousands of victims of fatal accidents that hundreds worldwide.
Spanish-English translation
H1N1 Flu kills a girl in Popay?n
January 19, 2012 ? 16:49 ? updated January 20, 2012 at 09:44
H1N1 flu left a fatality in the city of Popayan, capital of Cauca, which together with other cases still unconfirmed alerted that corner of the country.
The health secretary manager in the Cauca, Rene Zuniga, told Efe that the H1N1 virus caused the death of a 13-year-old died at a clinic in Popayan on 10 January, shortly after making his income.
For his part, Jorge Holguin, the Epidemiological Surveillance Coordinator Cali, capital of neighboring department of Valle del Cauca, said in conversation with Efe that the National Institute of Health (NIH) still checks if the flu was also the cause of another death .
This is a patient who came to the capital of Valle from the nearby town of Tulua, affected by a "picture compatible with acute respiratory illness and fever," he said.
Holguin said that in Cali there are two "probable" sick of this virus, whose cases are also being examined.
However, it dismissed the southwestern region of the country is facing a new outbreak of H1N1 flu, they have not yet been shown to have affected at least number of people, and recalled that in 2011 at this point there were more cases of victims confirmed by the INS.
The local health authorities, however, remain on alert, said Holguin, advance training sessions for about one hundred health care providers to implement preventive measures and ensure a better reaction.
It also advised people not to treat yourself when you feel fever, muscle aches or pains typical of a "severe cold box" and is directed rather as soon as emergency medical services nearby.
At this time, the centers of the region have enough doses of Tamiflu, a formula that is used to fight the disease since 2009 is presented in an outbreak that left thousands of victims of fatal accidents that hundreds worldwide.