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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Argentina : 29 confirmed cases of influenza A and B and 2 dead

Machine translated article from El Tribuno :

Health officials confirmed yesterday the province there are 29 confirmed cases of influenza A and B and two deaths as a result of the virus.

They also asserted that the epidemiological situation of Jujuy is controlled and that there are fewer reports of bronchiolitis, pneumonia and influenza in relation to the registration of the last three years. The information was provided by the Director of Epidemiology, Patricia Steren, after the usual weekly cabinet meeting at the Ministry of Health.

Next to the health minister, Victor Urbani, and secretaries, directors and heads of major public health centers in the province, the official noted that since 2009 Epidemiology is performed surveillance of all respiratory diseases and viral circulation recorded in Jujuy. "We are going through the year with less notice of bronchiolitis, pneumonia and influenza viruses," he said."

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