Mexico's Tourist Resorts Safe: Health Secretary
 Presidencia de la República
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
| | An empty beach in Cancun, Mexico. The WHO raised its alert to five on a scale of six two weeks ago, signalling that a pandemic was "imminent" after Mexico and the United States showed sustained local transmission of the influenza A(H1N1) virus. (AFP/Marte Rebollar) | |
Mexico City - During this morning’s press conference, Health Secretary José Ángel Córdova was accompanied by Dr. Germán Fajardo Dolci, National Commissioner of Medical Arbitrage (CONAMED), the area responsible for analyzing the cases of those that died as a result of the Influenza A(H1N1) virus and Salomón Chertorivsky, National Commissioner for Social Protection in Health, the person responsible for the area concerned with catastrophic expenses and financing in conjunction with the Under-Secretariat of Administration and Finances of the Health and Finance Secretariats.
Dr. Córdova began by describing the current status of the epidemic, with a report on the latest cases confirmed yesterday. He remarked that nearly a thousand samples have been processed and that the infection curve has remained virtually the same in size and tendency, after peaking on April 26, with the latest case being reported on May 8.
As for the number of confirmed cases, the Health Secretary reported that 2,282 cases have been confirmed to date, including 58 deaths. He added that a total of 8,211 samples have been processed.
Dr. Córdova provided further details on the demographic profile of the dead, 58.6% of which were women and 41.4% men. He also pointed out that 79.3% of the victims were ages 20 to 54. As for educational attainment, 43% had completed elementary education, 19.3% secondary school, 19.3% high school while 10.5% had obtained professional training.
He also reported on the symptoms experienced by patients with Influenza A (H1N1), adding that school filters should be on the look out for these symptoms in children, which include: high temperature, difficulty breathing, phlegm, poor general condition and runny nose.
Secretary Córdova listed the activities carried out by health caravans, which have attended a total of 184,314 persons; 164,822 have been given health prevention and promotion talks while 19,492 have been offered consultations. The Health Caravans have given 634 quick tests. The Mexican Social Security Institute has undertaken over 18,000 quick tests since the start of the health contingency in the country.
Lastly, Doctor Córdova explained that Mexico’s main beaches, such as Puerto Vallarta, Cozumel, Los Cabos, Mazatlán and Zihuatanejo have reported no confirmed cases, meaning that Mexico’s resorts are safe. |
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