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Spain - Jim?nez says Swine Flu is Less Grave than Anticipated 5 Months Ago

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
actuaron "con cierta alarma"
Jim?nez reconoce que los casos de gripe A en Espa?a son menos graves de lo que esperaban

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ZARAGOZA, 28 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -
La ministra de Sanidad y Pol?tica Social, Trinidad Jim?nez, reconoci? este mi?rcoles los primeros contagios y fallecimientos por gripe A en Estados Unidos y M?xico favorecieron que las autoridades sanitarias espa?olas e internacionales reaccionaran "con cierta alarma" cuando actualmente el virus presenta en Espa?a "una menor gravedad de lo que se esperaba hace cinco meses".
Durante la inauguraci?n en Zaragoza de la XXVII Reuni?n de la Sociedad Espa?ola de Epidemiolog?a, destac? este exceso de alarmismo creado aunque asegur? que su departamento contin?a trabajando para responder a "cualquier escenario" porque, dijo Jim?nez, "esa es la responsabilidad que tenemos".
"Por el momento reviste una menor gravedad", reconoci? la ministra, independientemente de que se produzcan casos que obliguen a ingresar a pacientes en unidades de vigilancia intensiva (UVI) y algunos fallezcan.
Por otro lado, Jim?nez destac? el importante papel realizado por los profesionales de la Epidemiolog?a en la lucha contra la pandemia de la gripe A y confirm? el "predominio absoluto" del virus H1N1 en los nuevos casos de gripe que se diagnostican en Espa?a, ya que representan entre el 94 y el 96 por ciento del total de casos de gripe cl?nica.
En este sentido, la ministra aludi? a las labores de vigilancia epidemiol?gica realizadas en toda Espa?a respecto a la pandemia de gripe A, y coment? que casi todos los nuevos casos de gripe provienen de esta cepa, la H1N1, como sucedi? anteriormente en el hemisferio Sur durante los meses de invierno, ?poca en la que el clima favorece la propagaci?n de la gripe.




ZARAGOZA, 28 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) --

Minister for Health and Social Policy, Trinidad Jimenez, acknowledged on Wednesday the first infections and deaths from influenza in Mexico and the United States favored the Spanish and international health authorities reacted "with alarm" when the virus is currently present in Spain "a less serious than expected five months ago.

During the inauguration in Zaragoza of the XXVII Meeting of the Spanish Society of Epidemiology, said this created excessive alarmism but said his department continues to work to respond to "any scenario" because, "Jimenez said," that is the responsibility we have. "

"At the moment is of lesser gravity," the minister admitted, irrespective of the occurrence requiring patients entering intensive care units (ICU) and some die.

In addition, Jimenez stressed the important role played by the professionals of Epidemiology in the fight against the pandemic influenza A and confirmed the "absolute dominance" of the H1N1 virus in the new flu cases diagnosed in Spain since represent between 94 and 96 per cent of all cases of clinical influenza.

In this regard, the minister alluded to the work carried out epidemiological surveillance in Spain about the pandemic influenza A, and commented that almost all new cases of bird came from this strain, H1N1, as happened previously in the Southern Hemisphere during the winter months, a time when the climate favors the spread of influenza.



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