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Venezuela to immunize against influenza H1N1 infections despite low infection rate
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
August 10, 2010, 19:37 Caracas, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Ministry of Health include the vaccine against influenza A (H1N1) in its immunization schedule despite the disease for months shows little influence in the country, report official sources.
The deputy minister of industry Miriam Morales announced that in response to the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), include preventive dose against the A (H1N1) vaccine that circulate in the end of the year for seasonal influenza attack.
Although the campaign will cover the whole country, health authorities will also have a specific strategy for states with increased vulnerability to HIV, to which they provide unique vaccines against the disease.
The WHO announced on Tuesday the end of the declaration of a pandemic flu, after holding that the cases currently detected did not correspond to phase six of alert decreed more than a year ago.
In Venezuela, the virus from early February kept a very low rate of affectation, and now, according to the deputy minister, there are only 10 confirmed cases of infection.
The flu, which caused its first toll in Mexico, killing 19 000 people worldwide, according to figures from international organizations.
lac / iep
Venezuela to immunize against influenza H1N1 infections despite low infection rate
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
August 10, 2010, 19:37 Caracas, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Ministry of Health include the vaccine against influenza A (H1N1) in its immunization schedule despite the disease for months shows little influence in the country, report official sources.
The deputy minister of industry Miriam Morales announced that in response to the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), include preventive dose against the A (H1N1) vaccine that circulate in the end of the year for seasonal influenza attack.
Although the campaign will cover the whole country, health authorities will also have a specific strategy for states with increased vulnerability to HIV, to which they provide unique vaccines against the disease.
The WHO announced on Tuesday the end of the declaration of a pandemic flu, after holding that the cases currently detected did not correspond to phase six of alert decreed more than a year ago.
In Venezuela, the virus from early February kept a very low rate of affectation, and now, according to the deputy minister, there are only 10 confirmed cases of infection.
The flu, which caused its first toll in Mexico, killing 19 000 people worldwide, according to figures from international organizations.
lac / iep