lunes, 27 de abril de 2009

There are currently 26 people admitted to "observation" for possible infection of swine flu in Spain

There are currently 26 people admitted to "observation" for possible infection of swine flu, while only a couple of 23 years from Almansa (Albacete) is confirmed as affected by the A/H1N1 virus, the cause of this disease, as reported by Health .

The Ministry of Health has insisted that "the situation is controlled." There are 10 affected in Catalonia, Andalusia in three-two in Seville and Huelva in-one, one in Castilla La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Navarra, Madrid, Basque Country, Aragon and Murcia, which has dropped two other possible cases. All those affected are young people who had traveled in recent days to Mexico and having a fever.

The secretary general of Health, José Martínez Olmos, has stressed that this variant of flu is not fatal, is healing and is not serious. "

Those affected in Catalonia are six men and four women between 21 and 32 years, five of which are in the Hospital Clínic. The others are, respectively, in the Sant Pau Hospital, one of Plato's Hospital in Barcelona, one at the Hospital of Granollers, one at the Hospital Josep Trueta de Girona and the other in the Campdevnol (Girona), explained in a press Geli

One of the last detected case is a woman of 21 years in Barcelona and returned to Mexico six days ago. Barcelona is in the hospital of Sant Pau and his general condition is good, no fever and is a pre-entry. "

Also, last night admitted to hospital a couple Hellín of Albacete, who could travel companion of the boy hit by the first positive swine flu. Went to hospital after taking suspected symptoms, although sources said the medical center has a good and moving.

However, one can not determine conclusively whether these people are infected with A/H1N1 virus, responsible for the disease in humans, pending the results of the tests that have been made to these suspected cases.

Outstanding analysis

The Catalan health authorities Sunday announced that there were three cases and that it is younger patients, two of them, a man and a woman of 22 and 21 years, live in Girona, and the third is a woman of 24 years in Barcelona.

The Councilor for Health, Marina Geli, is scheduled this morning to report on the progress of the people who are currently hospitalized and under observation for flu-like symptoms.

He said Marina Geli, the surveillance of the swine flu implemented by your department have identified the suspected cases in Catalonia, cases that presented a possible "box flu, mild and clinically with good results."

Health collected blood samples from three affected and nasal swabs of the pharynx and for microbiological analysis to exclude cases of possible swine flu.

The Department of Health has clarified that persons who have returned from Mexico in the last ten days and which do not present a respiratory febrile box "are not doing anything, nor take precautions the rest of the Catalan population.

Dismiss a case in Valencia

The youngest of 24 years admitted at the Hospital of Valencia on suspicion of having received swine flu on Monday, about 20.00 pm, the medical, which suffered after ruling out this pathology, according to sources from the Ministry of Health.

Also, 11 other people who came to this clinic because they have been in Mexico and present symptoms similar to the swine flu, were medical. None has generated suspicion from the start by qualifying the same sources.

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