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Source: http://www.impulsobaires.com.ar/nota.php?id=74723
He died a prisoner with influenza A and 22 others affected
The silver-Justice Minister bonaerense Ricardo Casal, reported today that an inmate suffering from influenza A (H1N1) died in a prison in Buenos Aires and 22 more are sick.
Casal said that "we have 22 detainees concerned with risk factors for disease and, usually HIV, 22 of those, 17 are in hospitals in the jails, all medicated and cared for."
The official said that "three people who died had high risk factors for being carriers of HIV, one of them have died of H1N1 confirmed in two other cases did the swabs and is awaiting the outcome."
Added that "making a comparison, we can say that last year between June and in July arrested three people died from respiratory diseases."
Casal noted that the prison system has more than 26 thousand people, an equivalent number of staff. The universe is high to meet. "
"On this total have been applied all the rules dictated by the Ministry of Health, has provided personal security kits are manufactured and chinstrap," he said.
The head of the provincial Justice reported that "from today to all detainees with symptoms of influenza will be provided medication (oseltamivir).
Casal said that in the next few hours to visit the new prison wards that will Florencio Varela ability to maintain isolated and placed 300 people with symptoms of the disease.
Antiviral treatment for human influenza, for those who need it are guaranteed free of charge by the Government, whatever its forecast.
He died a prisoner with influenza A and 22 others affected
The silver-Justice Minister bonaerense Ricardo Casal, reported today that an inmate suffering from influenza A (H1N1) died in a prison in Buenos Aires and 22 more are sick.
Casal said that "we have 22 detainees concerned with risk factors for disease and, usually HIV, 22 of those, 17 are in hospitals in the jails, all medicated and cared for."
The official said that "three people who died had high risk factors for being carriers of HIV, one of them have died of H1N1 confirmed in two other cases did the swabs and is awaiting the outcome."
Added that "making a comparison, we can say that last year between June and in July arrested three people died from respiratory diseases."
Casal noted that the prison system has more than 26 thousand people, an equivalent number of staff. The universe is high to meet. "
"On this total have been applied all the rules dictated by the Ministry of Health, has provided personal security kits are manufactured and chinstrap," he said.
The head of the provincial Justice reported that "from today to all detainees with symptoms of influenza will be provided medication (oseltamivir).
Casal said that in the next few hours to visit the new prison wards that will Florencio Varela ability to maintain isolated and placed 300 people with symptoms of the disease.
Antiviral treatment for human influenza, for those who need it are guaranteed free of charge by the Government, whatever its forecast.