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As Mexico's Flu Cases Ease, 'Time for Prevention'
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January 18, 2010
| | Officials visit an H1N1 patient. Flu cases are now declining, officials say. (The News) | |
Mexico City - The H1N1 virus has shown signs of decreasing, which is why people should take advantage of this situation and get the vaccine so that most of the population is immune to it, said the Health Secretary, José Ángel Córdova Villalobos.
“If at least half of Mexicans have contact with the virus, by transmission or vaccination, the virus might not have the possibility of surviving,” said the secretary during the conference “Current Situation of the H1N1 Virus” in the Medical College of Celaya, Guanajuato, over the weekend.
The rate of transmission has decreased considerably thanks to early diagnosis and treatment. Almost 5,000 deaths were expected and only 917 deaths have been reported so far.
According to a report by the Health Secretariat, it is of utmost importance that people susceptible to the disease get the vaccine in medical centers and hospitals in order to avoid more transmissions or deaths. People should also be alert since cold temperatures are expected to continue.
The secretary said that pregnant women are most likely to have complications because the virus increased the number of deaths in women undergoing the second and third trimester who suffered from atypical pneumonia in 2009.
This sector of the population should get the vaccine as soon as possible to protect themselves and their babies. He stated that the vaccination has no secondary effects and is perfectly safe.
Secretary Córdova said that 28 states in Mexico have diagnosis laboratories that offer the PCR test that detects the viruses of dengue, human papilloma and H1N1. |
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