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Spanish to English translation
The flu is reduced almost by half to level postepid?mico CyL
02.02.2011 / 17:40 h
Valladolid, February 2 (EFE) .- The incidence of influenza has been reduced almost in Castile and Leon in half, down from 47.8 percent in the last week over the previous, standing near the level postepid?mico, with 125.8 cases per 100,000 population.
According to the Sentinel Network of Castilla y Leon in the fourth week of the flu season, last January, the incidence of influenza was reduced after five weeks in which the cases have been fluctuating above the epidemic level , with a peak in the previous week, the third of January, from 261.68 cases per 100,000 population.
The data, disclosed today the website of Health of the Junta de Castilla y Le?n, pick the age group of zero to four years as the most affected during the flu season in terms of incidence rate, followed by between five and fourteen and fifteen of 24.
Also according to the accumulated data, 92.8 percent of the cases involved people who were not vaccinated with a cost of more than 4.4 million in Castilla y Leon and the acquisition of 700,000 doses of vaccine this year Following the recommendations of the World Health Organization has included virus strain known as H1N1, the flu-which has been predominant in the campaign, the H3N2 and B, which have also been isolated cases.
The flu can affect between five and twenty percent of the population, even in closed institutions with risk groups such as the elderly may reach 50 percent, and if infected are advised to rest in bed, avoid eating snuff and alcohol, do not take antibiotics without a prescription and use of health services so racional.EFE
Spanish to English translation
The flu is reduced almost by half to level postepid?mico CyL
02.02.2011 / 17:40 h
Valladolid, February 2 (EFE) .- The incidence of influenza has been reduced almost in Castile and Leon in half, down from 47.8 percent in the last week over the previous, standing near the level postepid?mico, with 125.8 cases per 100,000 population.
According to the Sentinel Network of Castilla y Leon in the fourth week of the flu season, last January, the incidence of influenza was reduced after five weeks in which the cases have been fluctuating above the epidemic level , with a peak in the previous week, the third of January, from 261.68 cases per 100,000 population.
The data, disclosed today the website of Health of the Junta de Castilla y Le?n, pick the age group of zero to four years as the most affected during the flu season in terms of incidence rate, followed by between five and fourteen and fifteen of 24.
Also according to the accumulated data, 92.8 percent of the cases involved people who were not vaccinated with a cost of more than 4.4 million in Castilla y Leon and the acquisition of 700,000 doses of vaccine this year Following the recommendations of the World Health Organization has included virus strain known as H1N1, the flu-which has been predominant in the campaign, the H3N2 and B, which have also been isolated cases.
The flu can affect between five and twenty percent of the population, even in closed institutions with risk groups such as the elderly may reach 50 percent, and if infected are advised to rest in bed, avoid eating snuff and alcohol, do not take antibiotics without a prescription and use of health services so racional.EFE