new influenza H1N1 clusters, the new recruits soldiers , kindergartens, and high risk patients should receive the H1N1 epidemic vaccine

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8 clusters from the flu, including 15 clusters from the B-type influenza infection in schools, three new influenza clusters, including infection with the kindergarten, and has gradually received the infection of two recruits from the military camp. Military units have been associated with health prevention measures, and invited the camp officials to self-health management and temperature monitoring. Elementary, junior high, high school student population H1N1 vaccine coverage rate of about 75 percent, suggesting that herd immunity can effectively block the new H1N1 influenza spread in the population, it only occurs influenzae type B cluster; but the H1N1 vaccine coverage in three to year-old preschool children only up to 33%, accounting for most of the recruit barracks from 19 to 20-year-old youths to only about 4% more. In view of vaccination is still the acknowledged most effective, safe prevention method of new influenza H1N1, it proposed the new recruits soldiers barracks, kindergartens and other people gathered Department, and not vaccinate people in high risk groups, should receive the vaccine, to avoid new type of influenza H1N1 infection. Organization officers appear flu-like symptoms, members should take personal protective measures and to inform the health authorities to facilitate early to take all precautionary measures to ensure the health unit staff. Currently there are 690 domestic medical institutions continue to provide new influenza H1N1 vaccination services, contract information, please refer to the institution of new H1N1 influenza

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Re: new influenza H1N1 clusters, the new recruits soldiers , kindergartens, and high risk patients should receive the H1N1 epidemic vaccine

Disease Control, Department of Health today (the 10th) that there is a military camp in northern Taiwan, a kindergarten, and a military camp in the area of new influenza H1N1 have occurred cluster infection, a total of about 168 people infected, infection in stable condition . CDC noted that while a total of 4,5 outbreak of 18 cluster on infection, but the new influenza virus is still in the low active. Disease Control, AM (10) announced the latest H1N1 new flu statistics from the southern camp 112 people developed symptoms of which 10 have been identified by the infection; while the central business district, there were 47 symptoms, of which 45 were also identified by infection. In addition, there is a kindergarten in northern also suspected symptoms of 9 people, including five cases of infection also determined. CDC Deputy Director Lin Ding said that when clusters do not have samples of each, so long as its typical symptoms, judged that H1N1 cases. Lin top that 4 to 5 year period, a total 18 clusters appear infected, but 15 were influenza B, from emergency and outpatient monitoring showed isolated the virus 10, the nine remain in the B-type Influenza virus, therefore, the current H1N1 influenza virus is still a new period of low activity. Lin said that the top: 『(Sounds) now we have to do emergency and out-patient monitoring, although we have seen clusters of the situation, but we think it a period of low activity. 』Lin Ding pointed out that in the southern camp of soldiers were infected, the hospital has six, three cases are severe, the rest are mild, have been isolated and stable. However, these clusters are slow to fight infection after wave, the low rate of vaccination, therefore, has recommended the Ministry of Defence and the wording of county and city health bureau, were recruits and school children vaccinated; also recommend not vaccinated people in high risk groups, including overweight, chronically ill, Young children and pregnant women, quickly go to designated medical institutions are vaccinated, to prevent new influenza H1N1 infection.

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Re: new influenza H1N1 clusters, the new recruits soldiers , kindergartens, and high risk patients should receive the H1N1 epidemic vaccine

Concern mounting amid increasing flu cluster outbreaks

Taipei, May 10 (CNA) Public inquiries about rapid flu tests and antivirals have been increasing in the wake of a sharp increase in flu-like cases over the past month, an official of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Monday.

Since April, a total of 18 cluster outbreaks of flu have been reported, of which 15 were related to type-B flu infection and mainly occurred at elementary and junior high schools, while the other three were suspected new cases of influenza A (H1N1) , according to CDC statistics.

Meanwhile, there have been increases in the weekly number of flu-like cases reported by the nation's emergency departments. Of the reported cases, nearly 90 percent were related to type-B flu, while the other 10 percent were related to the H1N1 virus.

The three H1N1 cluster outbreaks occurred at a kindergarten and two military bases located in the southern county of Chiayi and the central county of Taichung.

In the Taichung outbreak, 47 soldiers at a training camp in Houli were taken to Taichung Armed Forces General Hospital May 5 after developing coughs and fevers, 45 of whom were suspected of having contracted A(H1N1), according to Huang Kai-shen, the corps spokesman.

All the soldiers recovered after treatment, Huang added.

Moreover, a new batch of 112 servicemen at a training center in Chiayi developed flu-like symptoms, 16 of whom developed pneumonia complicated by H1N1, according to CDC Deputy Director Lin Tin.

Lin attributed the two cluster outbreaks to a low H1N1 vaccination rate of less than 5 percent among new servicemen. He said senior servicemen at the two military bases have largely been spared the outbreaks because of relatively high H1N1 vaccination rates of between 80 percent and 90 percent among regular servicemen.

He added that the CDC will suggest that the Ministry of National Defense should get all servicemen vaccinated against H1N1.

Lin said there are still 7.9 million doses of the H1N1 vaccine and 300,000 dozes of seasonal flu vaccine available and urged the 75 percent of the population that has not been immunized to get an H1N1 shot at any of the 690 vaccination centers around the country.

Department of Health Minister Yaung Chih-liang said earlier that same day that because the H1N1 virus is still being transmitted in communities and many people have not been immunized, small clusters of infection are expected to occur, but he ruled out the possibility of large scale outbreaks. (By Chen Ching-feng and Y.L. Kao)

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