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Editor, Senior Moderator
A truck driver from 52-year resident of Blumenau is the second person to die because of influenza A in Santa Catarina in this year. The first was a two-year-old girl, in Itaja?.
over the weekend, the number of cases in the State increased from 15 to 23. The number is three times higher than that recorded in 2011, when there was no death caused by H1N1 virus.
immunization Manager serves on the Board of Directors of epidemiological surveillance of Santa Catarina, Luciana Amorim, States that, despite the rapid increase in the occurrence of influenza A, it is not possible to say that there is an outbreak.
' Let's wait for the impact of the national campaign of vaccination, which ends this Friday [25], to analyse the situation ', he says.
according to the Ministry of health, 13.5 million people have been vaccinated so far across the country. This equates to approximately 45% of the risk group, which includes children, pregnant women and the elderly. The vaccine can prevent up to 90% of cases of influenza a.
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over the weekend, the number of cases in the State increased from 15 to 23. The number is three times higher than that recorded in 2011, when there was no death caused by H1N1 virus.
immunization Manager serves on the Board of Directors of epidemiological surveillance of Santa Catarina, Luciana Amorim, States that, despite the rapid increase in the occurrence of influenza A, it is not possible to say that there is an outbreak.
' Let's wait for the impact of the national campaign of vaccination, which ends this Friday [25], to analyse the situation ', he says.
according to the Ministry of health, 13.5 million people have been vaccinated so far across the country. This equates to approximately 45% of the risk group, which includes children, pregnant women and the elderly. The vaccine can prevent up to 90% of cases of influenza a.
http://www.jornalfloripa.com.br/brasil/index1.php?pg=verjornalfloripa&id=21092