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The first 650 thousand vaccines against influenza A H1N1 arrive in the country today

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Ruth Rodriguez
El Universal
Monday November 23, 2009
ruth.rodriguez @ eluniversal.com.mx

The first 650 thousand vaccines against influenza A H1N1 arrive in the country today to apply to the most vulnerable people acquiring the disease.

Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, said the vaccine to be applied here is the same as that used in the U.S.. "It is reliable and meets the required tests in the world," the official said.

The doses will be distributed to 31 states and the Federal District, whose governments have already developed a list of candidates who will apply immediately. Initially receive only health personnel and pregnant women.

The application will be voluntary, the federal official said.

The government of Mexico hopes to receive 30 million doses in several batches, between now and March 2010.

The Federal Commission for Protection Against Health Risks (Cofepris) said that, by procedure, the vaccines will be subject to analysis and study of safety and efficiency, as the rule.

We have detected that the reactions are minimal, as some allergies and bruising in the area of application, but do not endanger the lives of those who receive it, said the head of the commission, Miguel Angel Toscano.

To detect any abnormality, Cofepris tracked the reactions that can generate the vaccine. Immunization and used in countries such as Spain or the United States.

As of Friday, the disease had killed 573 Mexicans in Mexico, from April, when the virus was detected in the country. During this period, 64 thousand 322 people are infected.

According to official records of the Ministry of Health, from 18 to 20 November were 33 deaths.

Reliance reiterated the call to not self-medicate because of the indiscriminate use of antibiotics is one of the causes preventing the disease is caught early. In turn, this encourages patients to come in later stages and more severe with doctors and hospitals.

To strengthen prevention, the federal government called drugstore owners and employees not to sell non-prescription antibiotics used to combat this evil.

The authorities insisted that the population should not let up in cold months this season, which increases the possibility of more cases of infection and more deaths from influenza virus A H1N1.

On Friday the World Health Organization announced that the Institute of Public Health in Norway identified the H1N1 virus mutated to a more severe form that caused the deaths of two patients.
 
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