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LATIN AMERICA
- Sunday
27
February 2005
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Rotavirus outbreak kills 32
infants in Nicaragua
An
epidemic caused by rotavirus has
killed 32 infants and infected
at least 32,000 children in
Nicaragua, health authorities
said on Saturday.
After visiting several hospitals
on Saturday, Health Minister
Margarita Gurdian told reporters
that about 27,000 children were
infected with the disease
earlier this week. The number of
patients suddenly increased by
5,000 on Saturday. Most patients
were found in the northern
departments of Madriz and Esteli.
The Health Ministry has declared
an epidemiological emergency in
northern Nicaragua and asked
local medical institutions to
take steps to prevent the
disease from spreading.
The epidemic presents symptoms
of diarrhea, vomiting, and
severe dehydration.
About 108,403 cases of diarrhea
had been reported this year in
Central America, with Nicaragua
reporting the highest toll.
El Salvador, in which the
highest number of 73,274 cases
were reported, keeps a state of
emergency declared on Feb. 8 in
the most affected departments of
San Salvador, La Libertad and La
Paz.
At least 20 children have been
killed by the disease in El
Salvador.
IDB finances electricity
interconnection in Central
America
The
Inter-American Development Bank
(IDB) has granted 170 million US
dollars in loans to finance the
electricity interconnection in
Central America.
The project is set to connect
electricity firms in Panama,
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras,
El Salvador and Guatemala with a
line of 1,800 kilometers from
2006 to 2008, a spokesman for
the firms said on Saturday.
The line, which will have a
transmission capacity of 230-300
megawatts, will be the spine of
the Electric Interconnection
System for the countries of
Central America.
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US Airways opens operation
in Panama
US
airline company US Airways
starts its operation in
Panama, making the country
its ninth destination in
Latin America.
Local reports quoted US
Airway regional office as
saying on Saturday that the
company now has daily flight
between Panama city and Fort
Lauderdale, Florida.
The company said Panama
offers a very important
tourism market.
Panama's Tourism Minister
Ruben Blades said these
flights will help Panama
attract more tourists, while
vowing to improve service at
the airport.
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