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U.S. officials warn H1N1 flu season is not over
Monday March 29, 2010 19:03 EDT
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Although the H1N1 influenza, popularly known as swine flu, has fallen around much of the United States, the southeast is reporting a surge in cases of the virus, said local health officials said Monday.
"The flu season is not over (...) H1N1 has remained persistent in the southeast and now those states are experiencing more local and regional activities," said the Inspector General of the United States Health, Regina Benjamin, reporters in a teleconference.
Health officials in the United States said it was not clear why there were more cases of swine flu in some regions and warned that many people still were vulnerable because they had not been immunized.
Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia have been reporting "regional disease, one step before" extensive disease, "said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States (CDC, for its acronym in English ) on the call.
Schuchat said the situation in Georgia was unique.
"Recently, Georgia has seen more hospitalizations for influenza confirmed by laboratory each week than were at any time since October," said Schuchat.
"They've had over 40 hospitalizations in the past week, for the third straight week, Georgia had more hospitalizations than any other state in the country of laboratory-confirmed H1N1," said Schuchat.
Most of those affected were adults with chronic health conditions and people who had not been vaccinated, Schuchat said. Georgia was among the states with the lowest rate of vaccination, he said.
Benjamin again urged people to be immunized and said he had abundant supplies of vaccines.
The U.S. supply of vaccine for the H1N1 flu came to 124 million doses last week, said Benjamin.
The H1N1 flu has killed about 12,000 Americans and more than 265,000 sent to the hospital, the CDC said. Has shifted largely to seasonal influenza strains in the current influenza season. Seasonal influenza kills about 36,000 people in the U.S. and sends 200,000 to the hospital.
Spanish to English translation
U.S. officials warn H1N1 flu season is not over
Monday March 29, 2010 19:03 EDT
Print Article | Single Page [-] Text [+] By JoAnne Allen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Although the H1N1 influenza, popularly known as swine flu, has fallen around much of the United States, the southeast is reporting a surge in cases of the virus, said local health officials said Monday.
"The flu season is not over (...) H1N1 has remained persistent in the southeast and now those states are experiencing more local and regional activities," said the Inspector General of the United States Health, Regina Benjamin, reporters in a teleconference.
Health officials in the United States said it was not clear why there were more cases of swine flu in some regions and warned that many people still were vulnerable because they had not been immunized.
Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia have been reporting "regional disease, one step before" extensive disease, "said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States (CDC, for its acronym in English ) on the call.
Schuchat said the situation in Georgia was unique.
"Recently, Georgia has seen more hospitalizations for influenza confirmed by laboratory each week than were at any time since October," said Schuchat.
"They've had over 40 hospitalizations in the past week, for the third straight week, Georgia had more hospitalizations than any other state in the country of laboratory-confirmed H1N1," said Schuchat.
Most of those affected were adults with chronic health conditions and people who had not been vaccinated, Schuchat said. Georgia was among the states with the lowest rate of vaccination, he said.
Benjamin again urged people to be immunized and said he had abundant supplies of vaccines.
The U.S. supply of vaccine for the H1N1 flu came to 124 million doses last week, said Benjamin.
The H1N1 flu has killed about 12,000 Americans and more than 265,000 sent to the hospital, the CDC said. Has shifted largely to seasonal influenza strains in the current influenza season. Seasonal influenza kills about 36,000 people in the U.S. and sends 200,000 to the hospital.