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Eleven Year
Old Girl Latest Case of "Probable" Swine Flu
Infection In Costa Rica
An eleven year old girl has become the
latest "probable" case of AH1N1 flu in Costa
Rica. Although the girl does not require
hospitalization, she is under quarantine.
The ministra de Salud, María Luisa Ávila,
explained that the girl had come into
contact with members of the Boston chorus
that was on tour in Costa Rica, whose three
members whose infection was confirmed after
returning to the United States.
The group arrived in Costa Rica on April 17
and had visited the areas of Escazú, volcán
Poás, Fraijanes de Alajuela, Grecia, Sarchí,
Río Segundo de Alajuela, San Ramón, Liberia,
Tamarindo, Cartago, Orosi, San José,
Alajuela and Puntarenas, before returning to
Boston on April 28.
Ávila said that the three are in good health
and did not required hospitalization. Costa
Rican health officials are trying to track
down everyone who came into contact with the
thre.
Another suspected case of infection is of a
30 year old woman who came into contact with
the musician who was infected and who died
last Saturday.
Although testing by the Instituto
Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza
en Nutrición y Salud discarted that the
woman was infected, testing of the woman
will be done again, just to be safe as the
woman was in direct contact with the man.
Ana Morice, vice-ministra de Salud, said
that the woman in good health and her
quarantine period is over and is of no
threat of infection to those around her.
Salud officials are asking anyone who may
have been in contact with the members of the
chorus to call the numbers 2539 1505, 2539
1506 or 2539 1507.
As of Monday night, Costa Rica has
registered 811 suspected cases, of which 707
have been discarded and 94 are under
analysis.
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