Spain: Official figures. Death toll: 271 (+15)

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Informe semanal de situaci?n gripe pand?mica A (H1N1)

Mi?rcoles, 30 de diciembre de 2009

* Esta semana se adelanta el informe semanal sobre gripe A al mi?rcoles 30 de diciembre por coincidir el jueves con el d?a de Nochevieja.

Como consecuencia de la estrategia acordada por el Pleno del Consejo Interterritorial del Sistema Nacional de Salud, la vigilancia de gripe pand?mica A (H1N1) se realiza a partir de la informaci?n remitida por la Red de M?dicos Centinelas del Sistema de Vigilancia de Gripe en Espa?a. La tasa estimada de gripe cl?nica en atenci?n primaria en la semana del 20 al 26 de diciembre fue de 40,80 casos por 100.000 habitantes.

Esto permite calcular que en Espa?a se podr?an haber producido en la semana mencionada 18.232 casos de gripe cl?nica. De los casos analizados, el 100% ha resultado positivo para el nuevo virus de la gripe A (H1N1).

La pr?ctica totalidad de los casos cursan con un cuadro leve y responden a los tratamientos convencionales.

A fecha 30 de diciembre se han producido 271 fallecimientos relacionados con la gripe A (H1N1).

La tasa de letalidad desde la semana 27 (desde que se informa a partir del sistema de vigilancia por M?dicos Centinela) es de 0,21 fallecidos por cada mil afectados de gripe A (H1N1).

* Dado que desde hace varias semanas se detecta un descenso acusado y continuado en los casos estimados de gripe pand?mica AH1N1, el Ministerio de Sanidad y Pol?tica Social considera innecesario continuar dando informaci?n peri?dica semanal sobre la evoluci?n de la gripe, pues las estimaciones han dejado de ser significativas en estos momentos. Si a partir de esta fecha se produjeran cambios o modificaciones de inter?s en la evoluci?n de la epidemia, el Ministerio de Sanidad proceder?a a comunicarlas puntualmente a los medios y a la opini?n p?blica.

Para un seguimiento de la situaci?n internacional pueden dirigirse a las p?ginas de la OMS (http://www.who.int/es ) o del Centro Europeo para el Control de Enfermedades (http://www.ecdc.europa.eu ).

Fuente: Ministerio de Sanidad. Gobierno de Espa?a
http://www.msc.es/servCiudadanos/alertas/informesGripeA/091230.htm



Weekly situation report pandemic influenza A (H1N1)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

* This week will forward the weekly report on influenza A to Wednesday 30 December Thursday to coincide with New Year's Eve.

Following the strategy agreed by the plenary of the Inter-Territorial Council of the National Health System, monitoring of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) is made from the information submitted by the Network System Sentinel Physician Influenza Surveillance in Spain. The estimated rate of influenza in primary care clinic during the week of 20 to 26 December was 40.80 cases per 100,000 population.

This allowed a calculation that Spain may have arisen in the week above 18,232 cases of clinical influenza. Of the cases analyzed, 100% are positive for the new influenza virus A (H1N1).

Almost all cases present with a mild and respond to conventional treatments.

At December 30 there have been 271 deaths related to influenza A (H1N1).

The fatality rate from week 27 (from reporting from surveillance system Medical Sentinel) is 0.21 deaths per thousand suffering from influenza A (H1N1).

* Since several weeks detected a marked decline and moving to the estimated cases of pandemic influenza AH1N1, the Ministry of Health and Social Policy considers it unnecessary to continue to provide regular information on developments weekly flu, because the estimates are no longer be significant at this time. If after this date will produce changes or modifications of interest in the evolution of the epidemic, the Health Ministry would proceed to promptly communicate to the media and public opinion.

To monitor the international situation can turn to the pages of the WHO (http://www.who.int/es ) Or the European Center for Disease Control (http://www.ecdc.europa.eu ). ).

Source: Ministry of Health. Government of Spain

 

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Re: Spain: Official figures. Death toll: 271 (+15)

http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150332&Itemid=1

Spain ends 2009 with 271 deaths from influenza A (H1N1)
Written by Eduardo Rodriguez-Baz
Thursday, December 31st, 2009

December 31, 2009, 08:11 Madrid, Dec 31 (Prensa Latina) Spain closes 2009 with a total of 271 deaths associated with influenza A (H1N1), a figure that today they tested low compared with the ravages of the pandemic across borders.

During the week of 20 to 26 December last, the Ministry of Health and Social Policy of the Iberian country accounted for 15 deaths as a result of this virus, although observed a decline in the number of new infections.

A statement from the portfolio led by Trinidad Jimenez said that health officials will not offer its usual weekly report on influenza evolution, and due to continued sharp decline in cases.

According to the Sentinel Physician Network of Influenza Surveillance System in Spain, the estimated rate of clinical influenza in primary care in the evaluated period was 40.80 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, compared to 78.55 for the previous week (13 to 19 December).

These computations are very far from 371.68 per 100 inhabitants infections were detected in weeks like the 15 to 21 November of the current, the source said.

The Spanish Health Ministry reiterated that almost all patients present with a mild and respond to conventional treatments.

At the close of the fourth week of December, the case fatality rate of 0.21 deaths per thousand affected by influenza A (H1N1), he added.

Tgj / edu

 

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Re: Spain: Official figures. Death toll: 271 (+15)

http://noticias.terra.com.br/gripes...ste+para+o+SUS+diz+secretario+paranaense.html

Portuguese to English translation

Parana has in recent months an unusual situation for the flu, and had, according to Health Secretary Gilberto Martin, to learn to deal with the disease in real time.

"We give support to the people of Paran?. It was obviously an important test for the Unified Health System (SUS). Executed an emergency invested more than $ 22 million in prevention, diagnosis and service," he said.

According to Martin, there was a rapid response by health services, both the public and private sectors. He said that the people realized that the situation was atypical and worked amazingly.

On 20 June, the secretary said at a news conference, the first two confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) - swine flu in Parana. The latest epidemiological bulletin confirmed by laboratory tests and clinical criteria, more than 48 thousand cases of the disease across the state. From July 14 until now, 287 people had complications and died. The last death occurred on December 11.

The report showed the distribution of deaths by sex - 55% women and 45% of men. The age, 61.7% of deaths occurred in people who were between 20 and 49 years, 19.9% between 50 and 59 years and 9.4% between 5 and 19 years.
The secretary warned that these figures show that the virus is still circulating in the state. "The population must remain the care and habits acquired during the winter, when they were reported more cases of the disease. The difference is that now the survival of the virus in the environment is shorter cycles from 20 to 30 minutes, unlike the winter, when it survives up to eight hours. " According to Gilberto Martin, with that, the transmission is smaller, but the circulation of the virus is still intense.

Along with other Southern states, Parana articulates with the federal government a priority in the receipt of doses of vaccine against the new flu. The Ministry of Health bought 83 million doses, which start arriving this month.

The Secretary argues that most of the doses can be earmarked for states that reported more cases of the disease. Martin points out that currently, in the Northern Hemisphere, which has been observed by Southern countries to follow the development of new flu vaccine is already being successfully implemented.

Shares of Paran? in fighting the pandemic has served as an example for other states and countries, the authorities have sought health care to discuss the matter. "We were the first state to handle the oral solution to treat the first child to take exams decentralized to the Central Laboratory of the State (Lacen). With the decentralization of tests, we have the real scenario of the epidemic and, therefore, we planning the actions with more assertiveness, "he said.

The Lacen Paran? is doing genetic sequencing of influenza virus H1N1. It was the third laboratory in Brazil to receive authorization from the Ministry of Health First results showed that the virus circulating in S?o Paulo is very similar to the others identified in other regions where the epidemic occurred. Did not present any significant change that distinguishes the virus circulating in the state than it is in other countries.

Agency Brazil