Health emergency declared in the province of Buenos Aires

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.ramallociudad.com.ar/nota.asp?n=&id=1089&nacional=1

Google translation:

Health emergency declared in the province of Buenos Aires

The decree will be signed this afternoon by Minister of Health, Claudio Zin. The action, taken under the advance of the swine flu, adding to the suspension of classes in Santa Fe, San Luis and Santiago del Estero.

Health Minister of the province of Buenos Aires, Claudio Zin, this afternoon signed the decree to declare a health emergency in the largest district in the country and which has the highest number of cases of influenza A. It remains unclear what the scope of the measure.

Last week I started playing with a force that spoke version of the declaration of a national health emergency were to occur today, the day after the legislative elections. The announcement could be made this afternoon, after the meeting that the Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa, to keep members of the crisis committee formed by the Government with the objective of halting the advance of the new disease, which left the country 28 killed and some 1,600 infected.

Meanwhile, at the district level, some provinces have already begun to take action. This afternoon, as it transpired, the head of the health bonaerense Claudio Zin, signed a decree to declare the emergency at the territorial level. However, it remains unknown what extent they involve the suspension of classes and will have events that call for many people, close to shopping malls, cinemas and theaters, and so on.

Also this morning, authorities in the provinces of Santa Fe, San Luis and Santiago del Estero decided to suspend classes for periods ranging from one to two weeks to avoid infection of influenza virus.

Source: CLARIN

 

[thebes]

Re: Health emergency declared in the province of Buenos Aires

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1145265&pid=6774489&toi=6485

Google Translation

SUMMARY OF MEASURES
? No classes. The Government decided to allow the provinces to extend the winter break between one and two weeks, at the discretion of each district.
? Emergency postponed. The new measures will be taken to review the new health minister, Juan Manzur, who will take tomorrow. But the government did not want to declare a health emergency as expected.
? Treatments. From now on, all patients suspected of suffering from influenza A will receive treatment with oseltamivir (Tamiflu) in a defensive manner.
? All open. Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa, denied the closure of places of mass attendance, but recommended that people avoid them.


The government recommended yesterday to the provinces and allowed to extend one or two weeks next winter in order to mitigate the spread of influenza virus A, but not declared health emergency.

Although not explicit, so far, taken hours after the Graciela Oca?a is away from the Government (see page 21), implies the suspension of classes at the high number of infected by this virus, which caused 28 deaths, according to figures officers.

The idea is to cut one of the most common channels of propagation, the contact in the classroom, and to sensitize people about the need to avoid staying in crowded and enclosed places.

In the capital and the province of Buenos Aires the new school calendar will be defined between today and tomorrow. The recess could begin next Monday and would extend until July 31. Each district must inform the Ministry of Education's proposal in the country, the recess was originally between 13 and 26 July. In the capital Buenos Aires and, by contrast, the holidays are from 20 to 31 next month.

Anyway, yesterday and seven provinces had taken a unilateral decision to suspend classes for the number of infected that in some cases, as in Santa Fe, could rise to 1,000 cases, according to some unofficial estimates.
Entre Rios, Corrientes, Neuqu?n, San Luis and Santiago del Estero also announced the suspension of classes. In Santa Cruz last night to start defining the recess on Friday and extended until July 31: A whole month without classes.

In Santa Fe was available to stay until July 26 so-winter-class dictation, in Entre Rios, the measure will come into force today and will run until July 10 and in San Luis, were closed schools to join with the holidays as in Santiago del Estero, where he was declared health emergency. In Neuqu?n the students have no classes from today until July 27.

Following a meeting of the Emergency Coordination Unit, Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa, announced last night at Government House action and said that 700 million pesos allocated to the Ministry of Health may make purchases of supplies and staff doctor.

Also indicated that Massa was released, through the social and business prepaid medicine, supply of antivirals such as oseltamivir (Tamiflu) to treat suspected cases of influenza A. This medicine will be delivered as a preventive measure to all health workers who are in contact with potential patients. The stock of oseltamivir, according to Massa, is two million treatments, and estimated to reach a possible resurgence of the epidemic.

The new provision in respect of oseltamivir breaks with the previous concept, which is considered a suspect case of influenza A person with a 38 ? or more of fever, but is not supplied the drug until they have a severe, so that sometimes could be too late. "It had been implementing a very restrictive and, now, against the suspicions are going to implement [the treatment]," said Massa. This issue had raised many concerns, given that patients who went to medical centers and square on the suspect case definition did not receive any treatment.

At the meeting, which involved Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, epidemiologists, experts and representatives of social and prepaid, it was decided not to issue a health emergency, which would involve the disposal of funds and manpower Skip steps common administrative and bureaucratic as claimed infectologists (see separate article).

"We believe that we should put the utmost rigor, but because we can not skip controls into unpleasant situations when it comes to public funds," Massa said in a press conference. The decision to declare emergency health later became the analysis of the new Health Minister Juan Luis Manzur, who will take tomorrow.

A la firma de Scioli A signing Scioli
However, the province of Buenos Aires dictate their own health emergency by 90 days, which means using a resident medical students in hospitals to address the situation and budgetary adjustments are necessary to cover costs arising from the pandemic " . The draft decree signed by Health Minister bonaerense, Claudio Zin should be signed today by Governor Daniel Scioli.

Massa, meanwhile, rejected restrictions on social activities such as the ban on mass gathering events, entertainment, shopping or closing the achievement of football without the public. "Beyond that they can discourage, no way are we going to implement restrictions," he said.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Health did not provide figures for new infections or deaths. But in the province of Santa Fe was reported the existence of two new deaths, bringing to 28 the list of victims of the virus in the country.