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Latin America has more than 1300 deaths from influenza A
(AFP) - 5 hours ago
MONTEVIDEO - The number of deaths from influenza A in Latin America, the most affected region in the world, surpassed the 1,300 this week, after an upgrade of the data by several governments.
The number of deaths related to influenza A (H1N1) grew to 368 in Brazil, a figure slightly lower than in Argentina, with 404 confirmed deaths to August 13, the second most affected country in the world, behind United States (477 deaths ).
South America has undergone a rapid expansion of the virus in the context of a harsh winter, and several countries in cases of swine flu outweigh those of seasonal influenza.
Chile on Wednesday reported an increase to 116 the number of deaths from influenza A (H1N1), in Colombia rose to 23 and in El Salvador 15.
While in Chile, the Government believes that there is a tendency of decreasing the activity of the influenza "in other countries such as Bolivia suspended for 10 days of classes in schools in the city of Santa Cruz, in anticipation that a multiplicity of infection . Bolivia recorded so far 17 deaths from the virus H1N1.
When still more than a month to have vaccines available and the rich countries and made huge orders with pharmaceutical, President argentina, Cristina Kirchner, renewed the claim that the international laboratories void stop pharmaceutical patents for the production of swine flu vaccine.
Said that Argentina and other countries in the region such as Uruguay and Brazil can collaborate to produce vaccines for their populations.
The following are the deaths by country in Latin America, according to the latest figures released by governments:
Argentina ... 404
Brazil ...... 368
Mexico ...... 164
Chile ....... 116
Peru ........ 62
Paraguay .... 39
Costa Rica .. 28
Uruguay ..... 25
Colombia .... 23
Ecuador ..... 23
Bolivia ..... 17
Venezuela ... 2
El Salvador. 15
Guatemala ... 10
Honduras .... 6
Panama ...... 4
Copyright ? 2009 AFP. Everyone
Translation: Spanish ? English
Copyright ? 2009 AFP. Todos
Latin America has more than 1300 deaths from influenza A
(AFP) - 5 hours ago
MONTEVIDEO - The number of deaths from influenza A in Latin America, the most affected region in the world, surpassed the 1,300 this week, after an upgrade of the data by several governments.
The number of deaths related to influenza A (H1N1) grew to 368 in Brazil, a figure slightly lower than in Argentina, with 404 confirmed deaths to August 13, the second most affected country in the world, behind United States (477 deaths ).
South America has undergone a rapid expansion of the virus in the context of a harsh winter, and several countries in cases of swine flu outweigh those of seasonal influenza.
Chile on Wednesday reported an increase to 116 the number of deaths from influenza A (H1N1), in Colombia rose to 23 and in El Salvador 15.
While in Chile, the Government believes that there is a tendency of decreasing the activity of the influenza "in other countries such as Bolivia suspended for 10 days of classes in schools in the city of Santa Cruz, in anticipation that a multiplicity of infection . Bolivia recorded so far 17 deaths from the virus H1N1.
When still more than a month to have vaccines available and the rich countries and made huge orders with pharmaceutical, President argentina, Cristina Kirchner, renewed the claim that the international laboratories void stop pharmaceutical patents for the production of swine flu vaccine.
Said that Argentina and other countries in the region such as Uruguay and Brazil can collaborate to produce vaccines for their populations.
The following are the deaths by country in Latin America, according to the latest figures released by governments:
Argentina ... 404
Brazil ...... 368
Mexico ...... 164
Chile ....... 116
Peru ........ 62
Paraguay .... 39
Costa Rica .. 28
Uruguay ..... 25
Colombia .... 23
Ecuador ..... 23
Bolivia ..... 17
Venezuela ... 2
El Salvador. 15
Guatemala ... 10
Honduras .... 6
Panama ...... 4
Copyright ? 2009 AFP. Everyone