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Indigenous people were hospitalized with suspected A/H1N1 in PV

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ndigenous people were hospitalized with suspected bird flu fever(AH1N1) in PV


March 23, 2010

Source: TV Rond?nia

The victims belong to the villages and Sot?rio Deolinda, the pole base Guajar?-Mirim

OLD PORT - Indigenous children were hospitalized this week on suspicion of being with H1N1 virus in Porto Velho. Of these, six were sent to the Hospital Infantil Cosme Dami?o, one is at the Center for Tropical Medicine of Rond?nia (Cemetron).

The victims belong to the villages and Sot?rio Deolinda, the pole base Guajar?-Mirim. Vaccination against the virus for Indians ended last Friday (19). According to the head of the special district of Indian National Health Foundation (FUNASA), Lindalva Coutinho, children were not vaccinated against the flu.

According to her, of about 4,700 indigenous people living in the region, more than three thousand are in the border regions along the rivers. What increases the risk of contamination.

As Funasa, the examination will confirm that the Indians are with the new bird will be ready this month. The institution also reported that last year three other Indians contracted the disease and none died.
 
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