Number of Confirmed AH1N1 Virus Cases Climbs
To 49
The ministerio de Salud confirmed 12 new
cases of the AH1N1 flu virus in Costa Rica,
bringing the total number of infected to 49.
The ministra de Salud, María Luisa Ávila,
explained that the latest to be infected is
a young man suffering from asthma and is in
hospital under quarantine.
The majority of the infected are from the
Gran Área Metropolitana (San Jose), Heredia,
Montes de Oca (San Pedro) and Guadalupe.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has
maintained a level 5 alert worldwide for the
virus.
For the vice-ministra de Salud, Ana Morice,
she explained that is more important to
contemplate how the virus affects humans and
not as mush as the number of nations it has
affected. Morice explained that WHO
officials are reviewing their criteria to
the definitions.
The AH1N1 virus called an alert for the
virus on April 24, 2009, when the first case
was reported in Mexico.
on April 27, the first case of infection of
the virus is reported in Costa Rica, when a
21 year old woman was diagnosed after
returing from her trip to Mexico three days
earlier.
The WHO delcared a level 5 health alert on
April 28.
On May 5, the a 53 year old man, suffering
from diabetes and pneumonia, becomes the
first recorded death attributed to the virus
in Costa Rica. Costa Rica also becomes one
of four nations to report a death from the
AH1N1 virus. The man had infected three
others, who recovered without complications.
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