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Yucatan making efforts to keep the margin of influenza low
Influenza Alert - Thursday, April 22 (10:06 hrs.)
They insist that the best way to deal is with the joint participation of government and society
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M?rida, April 22 .- One year after the outbreak of influenza A (H1N1), Yucat?n learned that the best way to deal with the worst odds is with the joint participation of government and society, said the deputy director of Services the Ministry of Health of Yucat?n, Salvador G?mez Carro.
In an interview the morning April 23 met the first anniversary of the emergence of the disease, found that "while the people and making the virus more relaxed, at the time there was a great effort that keeps the outside and under pademia control "in an entity that registered the highest incidence after the outbreak.
In fact, so far in 2010 have reported 11 cases of influenza and we are already at week 14, explained.
He recalled that from the beginning of the pandemic have been recorded in the state about 3,313 cases and 31 deaths, two occurred this year.
"At week 25 of last year we had 775 confirmed patients and Yucatan became the second state with the most cases, only below the Federal District, which forced us to take more extreme measures and that fortunately proved successful," he said.
Although it was difficult because of the high economic cost at the time, met the Yucatec social distancing measures (absence of massive events and avoid going to public places) and the filters that were established in schools and workplaces.
"Everyone responded immediately and positively to the measures which required all food establishments to have a mandatory basis with braces or alcohol gel dispensers," he added.
The private sector, he stressed, through the State Enterprise Centre and the National Chamber of Commerce, also supported the campaign to disseminate hygiene and disease prevention among its members.
He also recalled what he called "a great contribution" of the Secretariats of Public Education and Social Development who provided material for the cleaning of schools, work also had great support from students, teachers and parents.
"Otherwise we would not have consolidated a job of this magnitude, was another of the many examples of the wide participation of society in the epidemiological emergency", he said.
As for vaccines, Carro G?mez stated that was already implemented about 90 percent of the 112 000 400 doses that the Ministry of Health of the federal government channeled to the entity and is expected before May 16 have been implemented all.
He added, remains a constant monitoring of the behavior of respiratory diseases through 28 "sentinel units" that move throughout the state to detect any cases of that disease and prevent more victims copper.
In fact, the mortality rate has remained in the Yucatan by 0.4 per cent of confirmed cases of influenza, which the official described as very low.
But he insisted that the most positive of this experience is that people understood the sense of responsibility and a culture of prevention, the result is visible and palpable in the figures.
Another area associated with the culture and economy of Yucatan, which was severely affected and has recovered, is the hog farmer, then went through serious problems in the beginning when the disease caused by the virus was named "swine flu."
This industry reported losses of more than 150 million pesos, reported at the time the president of the Yucatan Pork Producers Association, Ramayo Carlos Navarrete.
However, he said hog farmer leader, and there is a recovery in the guild and there is confidence that there will be rising numbers this year, given that producers will have federal and state support.
It is also expected to recover more than a thousand jobs were lost last year and close the current fiscal year with a workforce of six thousand people, similar to what had until a year ago.
"We're all to increase the number of cows in 2010, hopefully not such a difficult year like 2009, which undoubtedly had an outbreak of influenza in one of the greatest challenges for Mexico and so far we have successfully faced "he said. (With information from Notimex / CFE)