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Re: Paraguay: confirmed cases H1N1- 103 - 2 deaths
Source: http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2009/07/07...09_095798.html
The Paraguayan Congress ratifies and approves the emergency use of unique resources
EFE
Updated 07-07-2009 23:45 CET
Asuncion .- The Paraguayan Congress ratified today the health emergency declared by the Government last May before the advance of influenza A and authorized the use of exceptional resources for addressing the epidemic in this country has caused three deaths in less than ten days .
The Chamber of Deputies into law Executive's statement after the Senate did the same thing in the morning at another extraordinary meeting, which was approved a budget increase of 96,900 million guaran?es (19.2 million dollars) for the Ministry of Public Health.
The Minister of Health, Esperanza Martinez, explained that the allocation of increased resources will enable them to "expand the supply capacity in the health system", which in recent days has been overwhelmed by patients with respiratory problems.
"That means more clinics, more intensive care units and inpatient units of the influenza-specific," Martinez said after a meeting with the Head of State, Fernando Lugo, who participated in the campaign for military, police and officials.
The emergency law allows health authorities to the procurement of goods and services under emergency rule. "
In Paraguay, the health emergency was declared on May 4 last, long before the virus AH1N1 reached the country, but the alarm was fired after last Sunday confirmed the death of a girl of 8 years and 11 months of a baby .
On July 1, a man of 62 years became the first fatal victim, and so far 114 have been reported infected with the new virus, half hundred of them in the care of public and private hospitals, and 518 suspected cases.
Diego Gamarra, director of the Hospital Ministry, announced today that await the results of tests sent to a reference laboratory in the U.S. six fatal cases, stopped after the studies were conducted in the country for lack of reagents.
In this regard, the Minister of Health explained that from now the medical tests will be conducted "before a patient's clinical evidence," arguing a Community transmission in Asuncion and nearby municipalities, which has reported the most cases.
"People come in distress, pay an analysis (in the private system), which is no longer vital," said Martinez, who explained that the health authorities are concerned about the migration to Argentina during the winter because to the neighboring country in the virus has already claimed 60 lives.
The expansion of the new community strain has forced today to the Mayor (mayor) of Assumption of Evanhy Gallegos, to order the closure of theaters and other enclosed areas of administration and recommended that employers of cinemas and other entertainment night to do the same.
According to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the pandemic is already affecting 94,512 people in over 120 countries and has killed 429 people, most of them in America.
Source: http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2009/07/07...09_095798.html
The Paraguayan Congress ratifies and approves the emergency use of unique resources
EFE
Updated 07-07-2009 23:45 CET
Asuncion .- The Paraguayan Congress ratified today the health emergency declared by the Government last May before the advance of influenza A and authorized the use of exceptional resources for addressing the epidemic in this country has caused three deaths in less than ten days .
The Chamber of Deputies into law Executive's statement after the Senate did the same thing in the morning at another extraordinary meeting, which was approved a budget increase of 96,900 million guaran?es (19.2 million dollars) for the Ministry of Public Health.
The Minister of Health, Esperanza Martinez, explained that the allocation of increased resources will enable them to "expand the supply capacity in the health system", which in recent days has been overwhelmed by patients with respiratory problems.
"That means more clinics, more intensive care units and inpatient units of the influenza-specific," Martinez said after a meeting with the Head of State, Fernando Lugo, who participated in the campaign for military, police and officials.
The emergency law allows health authorities to the procurement of goods and services under emergency rule. "
In Paraguay, the health emergency was declared on May 4 last, long before the virus AH1N1 reached the country, but the alarm was fired after last Sunday confirmed the death of a girl of 8 years and 11 months of a baby .
On July 1, a man of 62 years became the first fatal victim, and so far 114 have been reported infected with the new virus, half hundred of them in the care of public and private hospitals, and 518 suspected cases.
Diego Gamarra, director of the Hospital Ministry, announced today that await the results of tests sent to a reference laboratory in the U.S. six fatal cases, stopped after the studies were conducted in the country for lack of reagents.
In this regard, the Minister of Health explained that from now the medical tests will be conducted "before a patient's clinical evidence," arguing a Community transmission in Asuncion and nearby municipalities, which has reported the most cases.
"People come in distress, pay an analysis (in the private system), which is no longer vital," said Martinez, who explained that the health authorities are concerned about the migration to Argentina during the winter because to the neighboring country in the virus has already claimed 60 lives.
The expansion of the new community strain has forced today to the Mayor (mayor) of Assumption of Evanhy Gallegos, to order the closure of theaters and other enclosed areas of administration and recommended that employers of cinemas and other entertainment night to do the same.
According to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the pandemic is already affecting 94,512 people in over 120 countries and has killed 429 people, most of them in America.
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