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More Deaths Of AH1N1 In Costa Rica Confirmed
While the ministerio de Salud waits on the
first delivery of the AH1N1 vaccine, two
more people have been confirmed to have died
from the AH1N1 flu, bringing the total
deaths in Costa Rica to 40.
The latest victims are two Nicaraguan women
who suffered from obesity.
One of the victims was diabetic and suffered
from hypertension. She is only being
identified a 51 year old woman from San
Ramón, Alajuela. The other woman was 33
years old and a resident of Heredia.
However, the good news is that the number of
people in hospital from the AH1N1 is down
40%, bringing the total number in hospital
at 50.
Some 200.000 doses of the vaccine is
expected to arrive in Costa Rica in
December, far short of the 1.9 million doses
requested by the Health ministry.
The ministra de Salud, Maria Luisa Avila,
said that Costa Rica is being alloted only
900.000 doses and those in the high risk
group will receive the vaccine shot first.
There is no charge for the vaccination in
Costa Rica.
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