As the World Health Organisation has said that the Swine Flu pandemic is ?unstoppable?, it has been confirmed that there are now 15 serious cases in Spain.
Minister for Health, Trinidad Jimenez, gave the latest update on Monday, after confirming the tragic death by medical error of Rayan, the premature baby born by Cesarian section the day before his Moroccan mother died from the A(H1N1) virus. His death follows the two deaths in Spain so far because of the virus, his 20 year old mother in Madrid, and a 41 year old man on the Canaries.
The latest serious case has been confirmed in Valencia, and is a 52 year old woman who also suffers from high blood pressure. A man remains in intensive care in the Insular Hospital in Gran Canaria, there are two serious cases in Madrid, two more in Andalucia.
In Catalu?a there are now three serious cases, one more in Asturias and another in Galicia.
Trinidad Jimenez also announced that the Government is to purchase three million doses of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu after understanding the vaccine against the virus is not expected to be generally available until December.
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Minister for Health, Trinidad Jimenez, gave the latest update on Monday, after confirming the tragic death by medical error of Rayan, the premature baby born by Cesarian section the day before his Moroccan mother died from the A(H1N1) virus. His death follows the two deaths in Spain so far because of the virus, his 20 year old mother in Madrid, and a 41 year old man on the Canaries.
The latest serious case has been confirmed in Valencia, and is a 52 year old woman who also suffers from high blood pressure. A man remains in intensive care in the Insular Hospital in Gran Canaria, there are two serious cases in Madrid, two more in Andalucia.
In Catalu?a there are now three serious cases, one more in Asturias and another in Galicia.
Trinidad Jimenez also announced that the Government is to purchase three million doses of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu after understanding the vaccine against the virus is not expected to be generally available until December.
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