Salvadoran Health Minister Guillermo Maza said that "until now we have four confirmed cases as positive (virus AH1N1), ie, add two more that we had originally."
Salvadoran Health Minister Guillermo Maza, said in a press conference that "until now we have four confirmed cases as positive (virus AH1N1), ie, add two more that we had originally."
The official did not specify whether the new confirmed cases are related to the first, corresponding to two young people resident in the municipality of Antiguo Cuscatlan, a suburb southwest of San Salvador.
He explained that the four patients have not required hospitalization or specific treatment, the drug Tamiflu to combat the effects of flu, they have presented "moderate symptoms.
The minister said it expects the results of two tests sent to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, English acronym), in United States to confirm or rule out whether these people have the disease.
Monitors reported that seven other people who are classified as "suspected" of being infected, and which also remain isolated in their homes.
According to Maza this week more than 60,000 people have gone to the doctor for flu-related symptoms, double the normal, so that the people "is meeting the recommendations of health authorities" to see some of the early condition for this disease.
Salvadoran Health Minister Guillermo Maza, said in a press conference that "until now we have four confirmed cases as positive (virus AH1N1), ie, add two more that we had originally."
The official did not specify whether the new confirmed cases are related to the first, corresponding to two young people resident in the municipality of Antiguo Cuscatlan, a suburb southwest of San Salvador.
He explained that the four patients have not required hospitalization or specific treatment, the drug Tamiflu to combat the effects of flu, they have presented "moderate symptoms.
The minister said it expects the results of two tests sent to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, English acronym), in United States to confirm or rule out whether these people have the disease.
Monitors reported that seven other people who are classified as "suspected" of being infected, and which also remain isolated in their homes.
According to Maza this week more than 60,000 people have gone to the doctor for flu-related symptoms, double the normal, so that the people "is meeting the recommendations of health authorities" to see some of the early condition for this disease.
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