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Brazil will only admitted serious cases of swine flu
Currently, even suspected cases with mild symptoms are admitted to isolation beds to
Fabane Leite, O Estado de S. Paulo
Brazil will only admitted serious cases of swine flu
S?O PAULO - Health Minister Jose Gomes Tempor?o, announced on the morning of Tuesday, 2 in Sao Paulo, which will allow hospitals to reference the whole country only internal people with suspected avian swine that are in serious condition - such as those with pulmonary involvement. Also at risk groups such as children, are hospitalized.
Currently, even suspected cases with mild symptoms are admitted to isolation beds in the units of reference, as a measure to contain the virus, but we know that is not fully effective, because often the person goes to the hospital only after some days of symptoms.
The change, which is approved by experts, following the treatment that is given to other diseases - only severe cases are hospitalized - and aims to release beds for those who really need it. It has been discussed by the folder with the state governments in recent days, as reported to the newspaper O Estado de S. Paul in this second edition. Rath, who visited the Institute of Infectious Diseases Emilio Ribas, the area west of the capital, said that should allow it today.
During the event, the Secretary of State for Health, Luiz Roberto Barradas Barata, emphasized that children's nursery in Campinas where a woman worked with swine influenza are being monitored, and their families. None showed symptoms of the new flu so far. Brazil follows with 21 confirmed cases of the disease.
The nursery that meets the Secretary refers to 30 children, and will be closed for ten days as a precaution. The closure of an establishment for the presence of H1N1 virus from a patient is a measure for the first time in Brazil since the cases of the disease began to appear, and was announced on the night of Monday the Ministry of Health
The official, who is well contracted the disease from a man who came to Vineyard patient outside. The name of the daycare center was not disclosed. "The interruption of classes is part of the strategic control of the disease," said Secretary of Health of Campinas, Jose Francisco Kerr Saraiva.
In a note, the ministry emphasized that there is no sustainable evidence of transmission of the virus A (H1N1) in the country, that is, no epidemic or outbreak of disease. In total, 21 cases were confirmed in Brazil, mainly in S?o Paulo (9) and Rio de Janeiro (5). In total, seven cases of transmission are indigenous (occurring inside the country).
Source: http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/...enas-casos-graves-de-gripe-suina,381053,0.htm
Brazil will only admitted serious cases of swine flu
Currently, even suspected cases with mild symptoms are admitted to isolation beds to
Fabane Leite, O Estado de S. Paulo
Brazil will only admitted serious cases of swine flu
S?O PAULO - Health Minister Jose Gomes Tempor?o, announced on the morning of Tuesday, 2 in Sao Paulo, which will allow hospitals to reference the whole country only internal people with suspected avian swine that are in serious condition - such as those with pulmonary involvement. Also at risk groups such as children, are hospitalized.
Currently, even suspected cases with mild symptoms are admitted to isolation beds in the units of reference, as a measure to contain the virus, but we know that is not fully effective, because often the person goes to the hospital only after some days of symptoms.
The change, which is approved by experts, following the treatment that is given to other diseases - only severe cases are hospitalized - and aims to release beds for those who really need it. It has been discussed by the folder with the state governments in recent days, as reported to the newspaper O Estado de S. Paul in this second edition. Rath, who visited the Institute of Infectious Diseases Emilio Ribas, the area west of the capital, said that should allow it today.
During the event, the Secretary of State for Health, Luiz Roberto Barradas Barata, emphasized that children's nursery in Campinas where a woman worked with swine influenza are being monitored, and their families. None showed symptoms of the new flu so far. Brazil follows with 21 confirmed cases of the disease.
The nursery that meets the Secretary refers to 30 children, and will be closed for ten days as a precaution. The closure of an establishment for the presence of H1N1 virus from a patient is a measure for the first time in Brazil since the cases of the disease began to appear, and was announced on the night of Monday the Ministry of Health
The official, who is well contracted the disease from a man who came to Vineyard patient outside. The name of the daycare center was not disclosed. "The interruption of classes is part of the strategic control of the disease," said Secretary of Health of Campinas, Jose Francisco Kerr Saraiva.
In a note, the ministry emphasized that there is no sustainable evidence of transmission of the virus A (H1N1) in the country, that is, no epidemic or outbreak of disease. In total, 21 cases were confirmed in Brazil, mainly in S?o Paulo (9) and Rio de Janeiro (5). In total, seven cases of transmission are indigenous (occurring inside the country).
Source: http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/...enas-casos-graves-de-gripe-suina,381053,0.htm