Nicaragua With
First Case of
AH1N1
Managua - Nicaragua
confirmed on Tuesday its first case of
AH1N1 flu, in a five-year-old girl.
The patient's father, Oscar Arazu, said on
Tuesday that his daughter presented flu
symptoms during the weekend, but he had
never thought she would be infected with the
A/H1N1 flu virus.
Till Monday, Nicaragua was the only country
in Central America without any case of
A/H1N1 flu.
Arazu said that his daughter is now being
treated at the children's hospital La
Mascota, in the south of Managua. The girl
lives with her parents in the district of
Monsenor Lezcano in the west of Managua.
Nicaraguan Health Minister Guillermo
Gonzalez said on Monday night that the girl
was the first case of A/H1N1 flu in the
country.
Staff from the Local System of Integral
Attention on Health (SILAIS) visited the
house of the patient, but the tests they
conducted on the relatives living with her
turned out to be negative.
Health workers also visited the nearby
houses and the girl's school to prevent the
spread of the virus.
Local authorities asked Monsenor inhabitants
to use masks and wash their hands frequently
as a preventive measure.
According to the World Health Organization
(WHO), there have been 17,410 infections of
A/H1N1 flu in 62 countries and regions,
including 115 deaths.
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A doctor checks
the conditions of a boy who has close
contact to the first A/H1N1 flu case at a
children's hospital in Managua, capital of
Nicaragua, June 2, 2009. The condition of
the first A/H1N1 flu case in the country
remains stable, and the persons who have
close contact to her are being checked to
eliminate the possible spread of the flu.
(ICR/Cesar Perez) |
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