lunes, 4 de mayo de 2009

Mexico confirms 22 dead and 568 infected by the new flu

The Mexican government announced that the epidemic is in its phase of decline "
Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova, announced that the disease is in "decline phase"
There are cases of influenza A in 23 of the 31 states that form the Mexican federation
A total of 22 people have died from the influenza virus A in Mexico where the laboratory tests have also confirmed the infection of 568 other people, today the Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova. The latest death occurred on April 29, Córdova who has said in the previous hearing had reported the 19 confirmed dead and 454 infected by the virus. Cordova said at a press conference that the death toll of fifteen women and seven men.
He has also reported that 16 people died in Mexico, four in the State of Mexico, one in Oaxaca and one in Tlaxcala. The official reiterated that there have been no deaths in the last four days and that the peak of the mortality rate was recorded on April 24 and the last death was 29, so they feel that there is a downward trend contagion of the virus. Cordova noted that, fortunately, has been confirmed that the rate of infection is not as strong as was thought at first it was not like the Spanish flu of 1918, where whole families often died after one of the members are spread.
Standards
Also, the officer has indicated that the decision whether to resume activities at restaurants and other businesses, suspended for days, must be taken in consensus with all stakeholders. Córdova has advised that to avoid a resurgence of the epidemic is to require all companies, institutions and families to meet certain standards, including those to establish a distance not less than two meters in restaurants, cinemas and all kinds of sites agglomeration people.
Also, people must meet on an ongoing basis all appropriate preventive measures such as handwashing, use of face mask in public transport, and elimination of the tie to be a place where there are germs and "almost no wash and put up in the soup, "said the minister. For the resumption of classes, the minister said to be making a preparation of teachers, students and families for a safe return to classes. Cordova said that in states where they are located the main tourist centers, such as Cancun or Acapulco, there have been few cases.
The official also said that there were no differences with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to announce emergency epidemiological and said maintained close communication with these agencies. He also denies that the decision to declare the alert and political factors have influenced the visit of U.S. president, Barack Obama, and has stated that if they had the data from this outbreak had been declared an emergency at that time.

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