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Jalisco closing vaccination for H1N1 influenza A-April 30
The Health Ministry reports a 95 percent advance and remain to be implemented only 65 000 doses. Continue health alert
Mon, 26/04/2010 - 19:13
Guadalajara Jalisco .- In closing provided the vaccination campaign against influenza A-H1N1 on Friday April 30, when they expected the stock will run out of almost one million 400 thousand doses, which gave the federal government this entity.
Although several weeks the population, including people in risk groups such as doctors and pregnant, was reluctant to apply the new biology, the State Health Secretariat (SJS) said that vaccination was a success and it was Friday 95.2 percent of the estimated target application, with about 310 000 million people vaccinated.
It was announced to implement remaining around 65 000 biological being the Mexican Social Security Institute that reported the biggest gain with 97.9 percent of its goal, the SSJ 97.1 percent and 65.5 percent ISSSTE. The latter institute of the corresponding 30 000 65 000 doses available.
Today, the agency released a new case of the flu, bringing the total infected persons 4.279 April 2009 was issued a health alert to date. It keeps the number of deaths at 96 and 40 deaths are still under analysis.
Although vaccination is finished, the health alert by the human influenza remains until further notice.
The head of Epidemiology, Lucia Salazar Montes, said the World Health Organization (WHO) has asked to remember that the prevailing global health alert to bird flu, infection caused by influenza virus A-H5N1, which only been reported cases in Asia, precisely transmitted from birds.
"The strain (the virus) causes influenza in birds and there have been some people who have been infected with some birds, but there is at present still convinced that there is human to human transmission ... If this happens we will have another pandemic different and more serious because this strain is more toxic, "said the expert.
The alert was issued in 2006 and fortunately have no reports of avian influenza in Mexico.
Maricarmen Rello / Milenio.com
Jalisco closing vaccination for H1N1 influenza A-April 30
The Health Ministry reports a 95 percent advance and remain to be implemented only 65 000 doses. Continue health alert
Mon, 26/04/2010 - 19:13
Guadalajara Jalisco .- In closing provided the vaccination campaign against influenza A-H1N1 on Friday April 30, when they expected the stock will run out of almost one million 400 thousand doses, which gave the federal government this entity.
Although several weeks the population, including people in risk groups such as doctors and pregnant, was reluctant to apply the new biology, the State Health Secretariat (SJS) said that vaccination was a success and it was Friday 95.2 percent of the estimated target application, with about 310 000 million people vaccinated.
It was announced to implement remaining around 65 000 biological being the Mexican Social Security Institute that reported the biggest gain with 97.9 percent of its goal, the SSJ 97.1 percent and 65.5 percent ISSSTE. The latter institute of the corresponding 30 000 65 000 doses available.
Today, the agency released a new case of the flu, bringing the total infected persons 4.279 April 2009 was issued a health alert to date. It keeps the number of deaths at 96 and 40 deaths are still under analysis.
Although vaccination is finished, the health alert by the human influenza remains until further notice.
The head of Epidemiology, Lucia Salazar Montes, said the World Health Organization (WHO) has asked to remember that the prevailing global health alert to bird flu, infection caused by influenza virus A-H5N1, which only been reported cases in Asia, precisely transmitted from birds.
"The strain (the virus) causes influenza in birds and there have been some people who have been infected with some birds, but there is at present still convinced that there is human to human transmission ... If this happens we will have another pandemic different and more serious because this strain is more toxic, "said the expert.
The alert was issued in 2006 and fortunately have no reports of avian influenza in Mexico.
Maricarmen Rello / Milenio.com