10 new deaths from dengue in Puerto Rico

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The secretary of the Department of Health, Lorenzo Gonz?lez, confirmed today 10 new deaths because of the fastidiousness in Puerto Rico, which it raises to 18 the deceased in the Caribbean island for the illness in what it goes of 2010. Gonz?lez did the reporting after receiving the last report of the Center for the Control of Illnesses of Atlanta (CDC, for his initials in English) relative to the week from 6 for 12 of last August. " Regrettably, today they confirmed to us 10 additional deaths as consequence of the virus of the fastidiousness, raising this way the number to 18 in what it goes of year ", said Gonz?lez. The official moved forward that with the target to reduce the incidence of the illness in the island it remained established that will be obligatory for all the doctors of Puerto Rico to take four credits in the matter with character of urgency. Also, a few guides will be published describing the measures that the patients and sanitary personnel must take in general for the handling of situations related to the fastidiousness. The epidemic of fastidiousness declared the Department of Health officially last March in the Caribbean island, after excelled itself for two consecutive weeks the numerical threshold established for registered cases of this illness. The last epidemic of fastidiousness registered in Puerto Rico had taken place in 2007,
year that closed with 11.000 cases and eleven deaths.

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