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Spain and the UK are the largest affected by influenza in Europe
However, the number of deaths is small, experts say.
Sun, 23/08/2009 - 05:38
Madrid .- Spain is the country, along with Britain, which has seen more deaths from the human influenza virus in Europe, today highlighted the Spanish newspaper El Mundo.
"The virus of human influenza A/H1N1 to make great strides in Spain. This was the first country in the European Union (EU) confirmed a case and is now one of the most infected Community states have," he said.
He noted that Spain recorded, behind the United Kingdom, the largest number of fatalities in Europe.
"The 14 dead in Spain who, last April, set off alarm bells are causing public concern, especially since in most European countries the virus has not been fatal," he said.
According to recent data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), there has only been killed in France, Belgium, Hungary and Malta (one in each country), the Netherlands and Ireland (two), Spain (14) , and the United Kingdom (59).
"Suman, a total of 81 persons, of the thousand-460, according to the ECDC, have been killed worldwide for the A/H1N1 and surprised by the absence of death in almost all European Mediterranean strip, where Spain leads to Reluctantly, the black list, "he said.
The Spanish newspaper added that however, all the experts consulted believe that the number of deaths is small.
Spanish Minister of Health and Social Policy, Trinidad Jimenez said in recent days that Spain is "below" infection rates "high" and asked to wait for the evolution of the rate of deaths throughout the world to know the extent actual impact of the pandemic.
Ferran Segura, president of the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, said "specialists do not you think that mortality is high, but the reverse. Fourteen killed in four months is not much of an epidemic, there is cause for alarm .
In turn, Rafael Canton, head of the Microbiology Unit of Hospital Ram?n y Cajal de Madrid, recalled that deaths always "must be put in relation to the persons concerned and not with the number of inhabitants of a country."
El Mundo stated that what is no doubt that in Spain, where on 27 April confirmed the first case of the EU, hours before the United Kingdom reported two more, the epidemic is at an advanced stage.
He said that according to the Ministry of Health is "very logical" that, as more time elapsed since the arrival of the virus, more complications arise in some cases.
Moreover, Spain has spread further because it is the EU country most passenger traffic has with Mexico, one of the places where the first cases.
"This would explain also the high numbers recorded in the UK, where air traffic is heavy with the United States, a country which, with 522 dead, broken all records," abounded.
He stressed that two factors help to explain differences in deaths from the human influenza and other places and about the various health strategies would be implemented by governments and geographical conditions of each country.
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http://www.milenio.com/node/272049
Spain and the UK are the largest affected by influenza in Europe
However, the number of deaths is small, experts say.
Sun, 23/08/2009 - 05:38
Madrid .- Spain is the country, along with Britain, which has seen more deaths from the human influenza virus in Europe, today highlighted the Spanish newspaper El Mundo.
"The virus of human influenza A/H1N1 to make great strides in Spain. This was the first country in the European Union (EU) confirmed a case and is now one of the most infected Community states have," he said.
He noted that Spain recorded, behind the United Kingdom, the largest number of fatalities in Europe.
"The 14 dead in Spain who, last April, set off alarm bells are causing public concern, especially since in most European countries the virus has not been fatal," he said.
According to recent data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), there has only been killed in France, Belgium, Hungary and Malta (one in each country), the Netherlands and Ireland (two), Spain (14) , and the United Kingdom (59).
"Suman, a total of 81 persons, of the thousand-460, according to the ECDC, have been killed worldwide for the A/H1N1 and surprised by the absence of death in almost all European Mediterranean strip, where Spain leads to Reluctantly, the black list, "he said.
The Spanish newspaper added that however, all the experts consulted believe that the number of deaths is small.
Spanish Minister of Health and Social Policy, Trinidad Jimenez said in recent days that Spain is "below" infection rates "high" and asked to wait for the evolution of the rate of deaths throughout the world to know the extent actual impact of the pandemic.
Ferran Segura, president of the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, said "specialists do not you think that mortality is high, but the reverse. Fourteen killed in four months is not much of an epidemic, there is cause for alarm .
In turn, Rafael Canton, head of the Microbiology Unit of Hospital Ram?n y Cajal de Madrid, recalled that deaths always "must be put in relation to the persons concerned and not with the number of inhabitants of a country."
El Mundo stated that what is no doubt that in Spain, where on 27 April confirmed the first case of the EU, hours before the United Kingdom reported two more, the epidemic is at an advanced stage.
He said that according to the Ministry of Health is "very logical" that, as more time elapsed since the arrival of the virus, more complications arise in some cases.
Moreover, Spain has spread further because it is the EU country most passenger traffic has with Mexico, one of the places where the first cases.
"This would explain also the high numbers recorded in the UK, where air traffic is heavy with the United States, a country which, with 522 dead, broken all records," abounded.
He stressed that two factors help to explain differences in deaths from the human influenza and other places and about the various health strategies would be implemented by governments and geographical conditions of each country.
Notimex