Paraguay: Three deaths from H1N1 in Chaco

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The information handled by the Directorate General of Health Surveillance point out that the dead are in the area of Loma Plata, Central Chaco. The deaths were recorded between May 31 and June 5. The first fatal casualty was a man of 35 years and his death was reported may 31, but the authorities learned early the next day. The other deceased was a man of 46 years and his death was registered on June 1. In both cases it was confirmed that the cause of death was H1N1. The 5 in the month it was the third death and it was a woman of 36 years. It had a clinical picture identical to influenza, but there is no laboratory test to confirm the table.


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Increase of ILI forces Health to declare epidemiologic alert

The affected ones for influenza corner the services of health public and private road for two months. The supported increase of cases for respiratory infections forced yesterday to the Department of Health to express an epidemiologic alert. The measurement thinks about how to assure that in the hospitals beds and medicines should not be absent for the flu.
According to the report of the Direction of Alertness of the Health, they register for week 14.000 to 16.000 medical consultations for respiratory infections. ? The influenza A is the one that prevails in 60 % of the cases and to a great extent they operate simultaneously the pandemic H3N2 and H1N1 ?, said the director of the said dependency, Dra. ?gueda Hair. It stood out except that the historical peaks of cases of influenza register generally shortly before the fortnight of July, but that this year went forward.

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