Nicaragua: Nearly Two Thousand Infected with
AH1N1
Managua, - Nearly two thousand
people are infected with A(H1N1) in
Nicaragua just four months after the first
case was reported.
According to the Health Ministry (Minsa),
1,999 people were affected by this pandemic,
962 of them are cured, 9 died and 28 are
receiving medical treatment.
According to Guillermo Gonzalez, head of
Minsa, 48 percent of those infected are
located in the capital (921) followed by
Masaya with 224 cases, Esteli with 186
cases, Matagalpa with 118, Leon with 93,
Carazo with 73 and Granada with 60 cases.
These are city highly populated, which
favors the dissemination of respiratory
diseases.
The most vulnerable group is young people in
the ages of 20 to 34 years, with 25 percent
of those infected.
On the other hand, authorities intensify the
fight against dengue fever outbreaks.
Health Minister stated that also there is
circulating dengue virus 3 which brings
about a higher risk of infection, especially
to people that already has been infected
with dengue classic virus. They may be
affected with dengue hemorrhagic fever. |
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