Possible contagion of A H1N1 in military garrison of the Putumayo

[tetano]

Alarmed there are the authorities of health of the department of the Putumayo, before the possible presence of the gripa A H1N1 in a military garrison in the municipality of Villagarz?n.

The alarms ignite after the revenue of 5 soldiers of the battalion Domingo Rico to the hospital Jos? Maria Hern?ndez in Mocoa with symptoms of the illness, of which one of them died.

Neither before the fact, nor the military authorities not of health of the department they have been pronounced of official form. Although extraofficially it came out that the death of the military man and the symptoms of others four are of the gripa.

Consulted medical personnel of the of the capital hospital on the topic, they do not discard that the origin of the discomfort of health of the uniformed ones obeys the presence of the gripa at the time that they proved to be worried for the situation and for the possible revenue of more patients.

http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/...litar-del-putumayo/20120415/nota/1670210.aspx

 

[Tonka]

Re: Possible contagion of A H1N1 in military garrison of the Putumayo

http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/...ilitar-en-putumayo/20120423/nota/1675662.aspx
Spanish-English translation

24 A H1N1 cases increase in military battalion in Putumayo
Snail | April 23, 2012


The National Institute of Health reported five new cases of H1N1 flu were confirmed in samples taken after 45 soldiers from the battalion Domingo Rico D?az. With this new report was 24 confirmed cases of the virus in the battalion located in the municipality of Villagarz?n, 16 kilometers from the capital of Putumayo Mocoa. The information was confirmed by Secretary of Health department, Elizabeth Erazo Ortega, who said that despite the new cases the Ministry of Health closed the gap in the department, so not have to worry about a possible epidemic that threatens the rest of the community the department.