Brazil - Sergipe: influenza 2018 - 6 fatalities

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Second death due to H1N1 confirmed in Sergipe


The second death for H1N1 in the state of Sergipe was confirmed by the State Department of Health, on Tuesday (29). The 38-year-old man sought medical care on March 31 at Nestor Piva Hospital, then was transferred to Hospital S?o Jos? on April 2, where he was hospitalized for 52 days and died on May 23. The first case of death by H1N1 in Sergipe happened earlier this month when state epidemiological surveillance confirmed death by H1N1 from a five-month-old baby. He was from the municipality of Itabaiana. The State Department of Health also reported that 41 people were diagnosed in Sergipe with H1N1, two of them died. According to SES, the contagion of the disease happens through the air and for prevention there is vaccination. The Flu Vaccination Campaign was extended until June 15, so far 324,000 doses of the vaccine have been applied throughout the state of Sergipe.


https://a8se.com/sergipe/noticia/201...m-sergipe.html

 

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Third death due to H1N1 is recorded in one month

An 11-month-old boy died last Wednesday, 6, at the Emergency Hospital of Sergipe (Huse), a victim of the H1N1 flu virus. This is already the third death case registered in Sergipe in less than a month due to the disease. According to information from the coordinator of the Nucleus of Communicable Diseases, M?rcia Feitosa, the child is from the municipality of S?o Crist?v?o and was hospitalized in Huse since May 15. According to her, during the hospitalization period, several tests were performed, including H1N1, which tested positive for the disease.

http://www.infonet.com.br/noticias/saude/ler.asp?id=214782