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Tabasco is fourth place in cases of H1N1 Influenza
The Federal District is the first place with 561 patients, according to a report of the National Monitoring Center.
Despite the application of vaccines, are cases of influenza. Posted: Tuesday April 27, 2010 | 5:03 pm.
By: Christian Solorio
Villahermosa, Tabasco
One year after the emergency has been decreed by the pandemic epidemiological Influenza A H1N1 worldwide, according to the Ministry of Health April 23, 2009 to date, Tabasco has 1,403 cases recorded, of which only 998 were hospitalized, which places the institution at No. 23 nationally in the number of recorded events.
However, the reporting of cases by state of Infectious Diseases of the Respiratory System to epidemiological week 13, ranging from 4 to April 10, 2010 the National Center of Epidemiological Surveillance and Disease Control (CENAVECE) located in the fourth Tabasco Instead of influenza A H1N1 during this 2010 with 112 cases.
The agency under the Ministry of Health noted that until week 13, the first national influenza cases was occupied by the Federal District with 561 cases, followed with 299 Nuevo Leon and Mexico, with 299, while the ranks Tabasco fourth with 112 and fifth with 102 Jalisco cases.
According to the Ministry of Health of the State to maintain control of the disease in the body, the Federation sent to Tabasco 211 000 50 doses of vaccines against influenza A H1N1, which were administered according to the guidelines issued at national level to protect mainly high-risk groups such as children from six to 23 months, children aged 24 to 35 months, health workers, day care workers, pregnant women and patients with chronic diseases vaccination achieving a 100 hundred percent , since it is able to protect more than 213 000 people.
But the question is what is causing it to continue to present cases even with vaccination campaigns and the strengthening of epidemiological surveillance, the agency said it was because even in some segments of the population has dropped their guard and not adopting preventive measures like washing hands constantly, using hand sanitizer, avoid sneezing or coughing directly in front of others without covering her mouth.
/ Amc