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http://www.europapress.es/murcia/no...llos-graves-19-fallecidos-20100930141818.html
Spanish to English translation
Flu
The Murcia Region recorded 49,201 cases of Influenza A, with 63 of them serious and 19 deaths
MURCIA, 30 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -
The Minister of Health, Mar?a ?ngeles Palacios, has ensured that the Murcia region recorded 49,201 cases of pandemic influenza A (H1N1), with 63 severe cases and 19 deaths, but despite this, during the previous season (2009 -2010) the activity of this virus was moderate. "
Specifically, he said, in the Region of Murcia, "pandemic wave showed a rise in the first week of October and returned to baseline levels at week 13 to December 19 being the highest incidence week last November, where there were 702.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. "
Epidemiological data indicate that the new virus produced a clinical picture of gravity "moderate" with greater involvement in the child population under 15 and adults under 65.
In the Region recorded a total of 49,201 cases with 63 deaths and 19 serious cases, "what should be added as hospital admissions and deaths from pneumococcal bacterial infection, responsible for more than 2,000 annual community pneumonia."
The vaccination campaign against influenza in the region began in November and it acquired a total of 232,660 doses which were administered 94 050. Thus, the coverage achieved in the Region regarding Influenza A in workers of health centers was 20.3 percent versus 11.7 percent of the national total.
In the group of people working in essential public services, 25.1 percent versus 8.7 percent on average in Spain. People six months or more underlying disease by 41.8 percent from 23.4 percent of the whole country. In pregnant women, 15.6 percent versus 9 percent.
Straight, the head of Health stated that "the Community achieved the best vaccination coverage in Spain against this virus in all risk groups."
Thus, in health centers in the region were vaccinated 20.3 percent of professionals compared to 11.7 percent from Spain, a trend he said, "which is also experienced in other groups."
DNP tricks "possible" LACK OF SECURITY
While noting that one of the factors "most important" that played against the vaccination campaign "was the perception by the population of the possible lack of vaccine safety."
In this regard, stressed the minister, the Spanish Medicines Agency has recently published the final report on the safety of pandemic vaccines in Spain, "which concludes that after completion of the vaccination campaign and a total of approximately 2 million vaccinated persons, only 1,239 have been reported any adverse reactions. "
Most reported reactions, Parker continued, "were minor and expected." 31 percent of notifications were reactions at the injection site, 13 per cent fever, 9% fatigue and malaise and to a lesser extent also reported headaches or allergic reactions, which resolved within hours.
As stated, "the risk-benefit balance of pandemic vaccines has been favorable on the same line as in other European countries." "We have all followed this pandemic and we saw that it was a further strain of the flu and had no consequences other than those that have had any other," he said.
Spanish to English translation
Flu
The Murcia Region recorded 49,201 cases of Influenza A, with 63 of them serious and 19 deaths
MURCIA, 30 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -
The Minister of Health, Mar?a ?ngeles Palacios, has ensured that the Murcia region recorded 49,201 cases of pandemic influenza A (H1N1), with 63 severe cases and 19 deaths, but despite this, during the previous season (2009 -2010) the activity of this virus was moderate. "
Specifically, he said, in the Region of Murcia, "pandemic wave showed a rise in the first week of October and returned to baseline levels at week 13 to December 19 being the highest incidence week last November, where there were 702.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. "
Epidemiological data indicate that the new virus produced a clinical picture of gravity "moderate" with greater involvement in the child population under 15 and adults under 65.
In the Region recorded a total of 49,201 cases with 63 deaths and 19 serious cases, "what should be added as hospital admissions and deaths from pneumococcal bacterial infection, responsible for more than 2,000 annual community pneumonia."
The vaccination campaign against influenza in the region began in November and it acquired a total of 232,660 doses which were administered 94 050. Thus, the coverage achieved in the Region regarding Influenza A in workers of health centers was 20.3 percent versus 11.7 percent of the national total.
In the group of people working in essential public services, 25.1 percent versus 8.7 percent on average in Spain. People six months or more underlying disease by 41.8 percent from 23.4 percent of the whole country. In pregnant women, 15.6 percent versus 9 percent.
Straight, the head of Health stated that "the Community achieved the best vaccination coverage in Spain against this virus in all risk groups."
Thus, in health centers in the region were vaccinated 20.3 percent of professionals compared to 11.7 percent from Spain, a trend he said, "which is also experienced in other groups."
DNP tricks "possible" LACK OF SECURITY
While noting that one of the factors "most important" that played against the vaccination campaign "was the perception by the population of the possible lack of vaccine safety."
In this regard, stressed the minister, the Spanish Medicines Agency has recently published the final report on the safety of pandemic vaccines in Spain, "which concludes that after completion of the vaccination campaign and a total of approximately 2 million vaccinated persons, only 1,239 have been reported any adverse reactions. "
Most reported reactions, Parker continued, "were minor and expected." 31 percent of notifications were reactions at the injection site, 13 per cent fever, 9% fatigue and malaise and to a lesser extent also reported headaches or allergic reactions, which resolved within hours.
As stated, "the risk-benefit balance of pandemic vaccines has been favorable on the same line as in other European countries." "We have all followed this pandemic and we saw that it was a further strain of the flu and had no consequences other than those that have had any other," he said.