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Drought keeps away infections by the virus A-H1N1
Health authorities show that water scarcity and also keeps out moisture strain, the City added 476 cases and ten deaths
Lilian Hernandez, Emmanuel Rinc?n, Miguel Garcia Tinoco and Notimex
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12. -Four of the five states with the most severe drought are the least positive cases of influenza reported, revealing that the shortage of water and humidity also keeps away the virus, while two out of every 10 deaths from the virus have occurred in Mexico City, where there are already 476 infections of influenza A H1N1.
According to national epidemiological surveillance system of the Ministry of Health, Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas and Coahuila are the states with fewer infections and deaths, for among all add up to 41 cases of the three types of influenza and only two deaths, which occurred in Coahuila.
The Feb. 10 report of the SSA indicates that, despite the low temperatures in these entities, especially in the last week, the inhabitants of these regions have not acquired the virus, so that its prevalence is very low.
In fact, last Thursday, the Health Secretary Chertorivski Solomon, said the drought is a factor that discourages the spread of the virus and the latest epidemiological report proves it.
The first of January to 10 February Coahuila only records eight cases of influenza A H1N1 and two deaths, while in Chihuahua have recorded nine infections of the same type of influenza with zero deaths.
Meanwhile, Durango also recorded nine cases of influenza A H1N1, while Zacatecas accumulated a total of 15 cases of the three subtypes of influenza, of which eight are for A H1N1 strain.
However, in the last week, Durango, Zacatecas and Chihuahua had an increase in cases over Coahuila, for 3 to February 10 Durango went from one case to nine, while in Zacatecas rose from three to eight infections, and Chihuahua went from four to nine cases.
By contrast, Mexico City remained in first place in number of infections, it has an accumulated 509 cases of the three subtypes of influenza, of which 476 are H1N1 and 17 deaths, of which 16 have been for the subtype H1N1.
The latest report indicates that the State of Mexico is the second entity with further spread of the virus, as recorded 347 positive cases of influenza, of which 300 are H1N1 and 14 deaths, followed by Oaxaca with 342 infections, of which 275 are the most prevalent virus and nine deaths.
Therefore, the registration of cases by state shows that the Midwest has the largest spread of the virus, while the states with drought have less infections.
Entities reported deaths from influenza
Health Secretary Hidalgo confirmed the deaths of three people for H1N1 influenza, bringing the total to eight deaths caused by this virus in this winter season.
In response, the Health Secretary Hidalgo, Pedro Luis Noble Monterrubio, recommended that people exercise extreme self-care, since according to the National Meteorological System (SMN), because of the cold front number 33, rain is expected in parts the country.
Moreover, in Michoacan, about 200 paramedics and firefighters state Civil Defense received the vaccination against influenza A H1N1.
Although must have been the first to receive the dose at the beginning of winter, so far they could get to apply the biological, despite risking their lives in protection of Michoacan in contingencies such as rain and flooding, said Ricardo Suarez Cervantes, Department Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health. "All the paramedics, people who are in the emergency department, we are in constant risk transfer, in the management of injuries in the handling of bodily fluids such as blood, saliva, then there is a high risk of infection in some illness. "
In Tamaulipas, the health sector reinforced the vaccination activities in the border, so that more people are protected against influenza A virus H1N1, which has affected eight people and killed a woman.
In San Luis Potosi, the state health secretary, Alejandro Sanchez Perea reported that in the state have registered 75 cases of influenza A H1N1 and two patients died because of it.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health of Colima reported that as of last Friday were detected and confirmed 96 cases of influenza, of which 94 are type H1N1, and two more to A, without any reported deaths.