Re: Mexico: Secretary of Health reports and case counts
The secretary of health will stay alert for influenza in the DF in yellow phase, Ahued told to Daily Millenium that until a few days ago the whole sector public and deprived in the Mexico City, it was taking into account from 30 to 40 persons, but from March an increase begun to be detected to the grade from which the hospitalizaciones come to 100 patients.
Mi?, 24/03/2010 - 15:56 City of M?xico. - The secretary of Health of the Federal District, Armando Ahued made sure that they will not raise the yellow alert because of the Human influenza A/H1N1, because March and April they represent the months of major ? danger and risk ? to the grade of which of having 40 patients they reached already about 100 hospitalizaciones, including some persons in intensive therapy.
? In this moment the alert will remain in yellow, we think that between March and April we run an important risk that there is an upturn, and for it, have to support the same measurements ?.
Ahued told to Daily Millenium that until a few days ago the whole sector public and deprived in the Mexico City, it was taking into account from 30 to 40 persons, but from March an increase begun to be detected to the grade from which the hospitalizaciones come to 100 patients.
To almost a year of the appearance of the pandemic, the Secretary of Health of the Federal District thought that the virus keeps on being of care, especially, because there is already a case of mutation identified, that of the girl of 10 months of been born.
? In March and April the pandemic appeared, and March and April they are the months in which it began to repuntar loudly the influenza. Now there have been mutations, we detect one in the Mexico City with which they are already 24 identified ones in the whole world ? Armando Ahued also told that the Federal District is for comes to the million persons vaccinated against the virus A/H1N1, situation that they consider to be the whole success because two months ago, when they started the campaign, to sorrow were coming to 20 thousand persons due to the fear groundless from that was causing adverse reactions.
? It was demonstrated that the vaccine is sure and that it does not cause serious reactions. Our goal is to vaccinate in the Mexico City 1 million 300 thousand or 1 million 200 thousand persons ".
Up to the first week of March, the Secretary of Federal Health informed about thousand 118 confirmed deceases, of which, 179 correspond to minors of age and of young people, zero and up to 19 years.
In April 62 deaths took place; May 72; June 7; July 83; August 37; September 171; October 331 (2 additional ones); November 177 (1 more) and December 78. In January, 2010 60 deceases registered; in February 32, and in until March 7 8 deaths.
Of thousand 118 deceases, the Federal District heads the list with 138 cases (1 additional one); State of Mexico 134 (3 additional ones); New Le?n 66 (5 additional ones); Oaxaca 59; San Luis Potos? 57 (1 additional one); Jalisco 53; It populates 51; Low California 49; Guanajuato 48; Aguascalientes 43; Chihuahua 41; Chiapas 40; Quer?taro 37 (1 additional one); Zacatecas 31; Nobleman 30; Michoac?n 29; Veracruz 27 and Yucatan 23. As well as Sonorous 22; Tamaulipas 21 (1 more); them Reside 19; Coahuila 16; Tlaxcala 15; Sinaloa 14; Warrior and Durango 13 in every entity; Low South California and Nayarit 11 each one; Tabasco 3; Quintana Roo 2; It cofiles 1 and Campeche 1.
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