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H1N1 strikes remote Amazon tribe in Peru
Posted on 13 Aug 2009
Seven members of the Matsigenka tribe, a remote Amazon tribe in Peru, tested positive for the new H1N1 virus.
Concerns have been raised that the swine flu could spread to remote areas where there is no ability to fight the disease.
The tribe lives along the Urubamba River near a reserve set aside for uncontacted tribes. Illegal poachers, loggers and tourists also threaten Peru's uncontacted tribes.
Seven members of the Matsigenka tribe, a remote Amazon tribe in Peru, tested positive for the new H1N1 virus.
Concerns have been raised that the swine flu could spread to remote areas where there is no ability to fight the disease.
The tribe lives along the Urubamba River near a reserve set aside for uncontacted tribes. Illegal poachers, loggers and tourists also threaten Peru's uncontacted tribes.
Costa Rican President Arias sick with H1N1 flu virus
Posted on 12 Aug 2009
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias was suffering from the A-H1N1 virus, or swine flu, the government announced.
Arias, 68, had a cold in the morning and a subsequent examination revealed that he had been infected with the swine flu virus, Parliament chief Francisco Antonio Pacheco told reporters Tuesday.
He said the president was in 'fairly good shape', but all his engagements had been cancelled. Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and mediator in the Honduran crisis, was to remain in isolation for seven days.
Costa Rica has so far reported 28 swine flu-related deaths
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias was suffering from the A-H1N1 virus, or swine flu, the government announced.
Arias, 68, had a cold in the morning and a subsequent examination revealed that he had been infected with the swine flu virus, Parliament chief Francisco Antonio Pacheco told reporters Tuesday.
He said the president was in 'fairly good shape', but all his engagements had been cancelled. Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and mediator in the Honduran crisis, was to remain in isolation for seven days.
Costa Rica has so far reported 28 swine flu-related deaths
Young Swiss mother infected with H1N1 in coma
Posted on 12 Aug 2009
A young woman in Basel who has recently given birth is in a life-threatening situation after having contracted the H1N1 virus. She’s been in an artificial coma for the last two weeks.
Doctors say she was not ill when she gave birth, and that she was therefore almost caught the swine flu from a visitor. The newborn has reportedly not contracted the virus.
There have been nearly 700 confirmed cases of people in Switzerland contracting the swine flu virus, but no deaths so far.
A young woman in Basel who has recently given birth is in a life-threatening situation after having contracted the H1N1 virus. She’s been in an artificial coma for the last two weeks.
Doctors say she was not ill when she gave birth, and that she was therefore almost caught the swine flu from a visitor. The newborn has reportedly not contracted the virus.
There have been nearly 700 confirmed cases of people in Switzerland contracting the swine flu virus, but no deaths so far.
Doctor in Bolivia dies of H1N1 swine flu
Posted on 06 Aug 2009
La Paz -- A doctor has died from influenza A (H1N1), better known as swine flu, raising the death toll from the disease in Bolivia to 12, the health ministry said.
The physician was treated for more than three weeks but did not recover, health officials said Wednesday.
The doctor died in La Paz, but she caught the flu while treating patients at a hospital in the Andean city of Oruro, health ministry epidemiology director Eddy Martinez told EFE.
The physician was taken from Oruro to La Paz July 16 for treatment, Martinez said, adding that she might not have sought medical care in time and the case was under investigation.
'We have to see what happened, but it was obviously something that concerns us a lot because it deals with a health worker,' Martinez said.
Two other deaths in La Paz and Santa Cruz are being investigated to determine if they were due to influenza.
A total of 953 people have been infected with swine flu, according to the latest health ministry figures, with 652 of the cases reported in the eastern province of Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz has accounted for some 69 percent of the total swine flu cases.
La Paz -- A doctor has died from influenza A (H1N1), better known as swine flu, raising the death toll from the disease in Bolivia to 12, the health ministry said.
The physician was treated for more than three weeks but did not recover, health officials said Wednesday.
The doctor died in La Paz, but she caught the flu while treating patients at a hospital in the Andean city of Oruro, health ministry epidemiology director Eddy Martinez told EFE.
The physician was taken from Oruro to La Paz July 16 for treatment, Martinez said, adding that she might not have sought medical care in time and the case was under investigation.
'We have to see what happened, but it was obviously something that concerns us a lot because it deals with a health worker,' Martinez said.
Two other deaths in La Paz and Santa Cruz are being investigated to determine if they were due to influenza.
A total of 953 people have been infected with swine flu, according to the latest health ministry figures, with 652 of the cases reported in the eastern province of Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz has accounted for some 69 percent of the total swine flu cases.
H1N1 and Europe
Posted on 06 Aug 2009
The European health agency said Wednesday that 1,016 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.
Of the new cases, 786 were confirmed in Germany, 136 in Norway,26 in Switzerland, 25 in Austria, 19 in Republic Czech, six in Slovenia, five in Slovakia, four in Romania, two respectively in Poland and Lithuania, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation report.
The total number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus in the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA)countries rose to 28,908, with 1,538 cases in Spain and 11,912 in Britain, 719 in France and 7,963 in Germany, the ECDC said.
The ECDC publishes a daily situation report about A/H1N1 flu cases in the EU and EFTA countries based on official information from these countries.
The European health agency said Wednesday that 1,016 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.
Of the new cases, 786 were confirmed in Germany, 136 in Norway,26 in Switzerland, 25 in Austria, 19 in Republic Czech, six in Slovenia, five in Slovakia, four in Romania, two respectively in Poland and Lithuania, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation report.
The total number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus in the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA)countries rose to 28,908, with 1,538 cases in Spain and 11,912 in Britain, 719 in France and 7,963 in Germany, the ECDC said.
The ECDC publishes a daily situation report about A/H1N1 flu cases in the EU and EFTA countries based on official information from these countries.
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