Venezuela - 1,594 cases, 15 dead, 77 ARI hospitalized (7 H1N1 confirmed) - Outbreak of influenza A H1N1

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Re: 1,306 cases, 15 dead, 77 hospitalized - Outbreak of influenza A H1N1

1,306 confirmed H1N1 positive cases so far this year

The Health Minister Eugenia Sader, confirmed Tuesday that the first 4 months of the year there have been 1,306 positive cases of H1N1 in Venezuela.

"We've been saying that through the website of the Ministry of Popular Power for Health, daily have a national status report at least 1,306 cases have been positive during the whole year," stressed the Minister of Health.

In this regard, said that at present nationally there are 77 people hospitalized with acute respiratory infections, "of which 7 were H1N1 positive."

He also added that the dead have been people who have had previous pathologies that being infected by the virus are complicated.

Sader said that there is a decrease in cases of H1N1 flu in the country. "Those who have fever or general discomfort, attending doctor, wash your hands frequently, in case you sneeze, do it in a tissue and then throw them away."

http://www.laprensademonagas.info/Articulo.aspx?s=4&aid=52863

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Re: Venezuela - 1,306 cases, 15 dead, 77 ARI hospitalized (7 H1N1 confirmed) - Outbreak of influenza A H1N1

I have changed the thread title to reflect that the 77 hospitalizations are not included in the 1,306 confirmed cases (to prevent calculating an errant hospitalization rate).

I also have some suspicion that we may have double counted one or two fatalities; there was an article above indicating 13 fatalities, then two separate reports of deaths, but the dates were before the original article, so it is possible that they were already included in the original 13.

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Re: Venezuela - 1,306 cases, 15 dead, 77 ARI hospitalized (7 H1N1 confirmed) - Outbreak of influenza A H1N1

The positive cases by the influenza AH1N1 raised to 1.594


He informed that
from January 1 of this year up to the closing of the night of this Sunday,
the positive cases by the influenza AH1N1 are located in 1.594. Nevertheless, it pointed out that " good news " exists on this matter, since these " keep on descending ".





It confirmed that new deaths have not taken place because of this virus. "
that we can it is to enjoy our vacation, supporting the healthy conditions ",
it recommended owing to the day off of Holy Week.





The affirmation realized it during a press conference in
Hospital Cardiol?gico Infantil Dr. Gilberto Rodr?guez Ochoa where, for the first time in the country, one was realized
implant of aortic valve that saved the life to a 15-year-old child. Both the donor and the recipient are Venezuelan.

http://www.el-nacional.com/www/site/p_contenido.php?q=nodo/200967/Salud/Ministra-Sader-confirma-1.594-casos-de-AH1N1-hasta-la-fecha

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Re: Venezuela - 1,594 cases, 15 dead, 77 ARI hospitalized (7 H1N1 confirmed) - Outbreak of influenza A H1N1

AH1N1 Influenza Outbreak In Venezuela Rises To 1,669 Cases

CARACAS -(Dow Jones)- The number of diagnosed cases of AH1N1 influenza in Venezuela continues to rise, having reached 1,669 this week, while local authorities say the outbreak is under control.

Speaking on a local radio station Monday, Venezuelan health official Miriam Morales said the rate of new infections had slowed and added that the government has purchased 6 million doses of vaccine to combat the strain of influenza commonly known as swine flu.

At the beginning of last week, the number of confirmed cases stood at 1,594, with most tallied since mid-March. Though Health Minister Eugenia Sader has said that the eruption has been "totally and absolutely under control" since the first days of April, the number of newly identified patients has steadily climbed from week to week, often by the hundreds.

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201104260854dowjonesdjonline000136&title=ah1n1-influenza-outbreak-in-venezuela-rises-to-1669-cases