The city government has reversed its intention to implement a vaccination campaign against influenza for the fact that the doses of which are subject of this vaccine would not stop the outbreak of the disease was caused by a new virus of swine influenza.
Armando Ahued, Secretary of Health of the Federal District, announced this morning that the World Health Organization gave him a recommendation to the Mexican government, stating that the influenza vaccine must be discarded, because it will mitigate the effects of the epidemic.
In the morning and also in a conference call Ahued had said that the federal government an allocation of vaccines against influenza, to implement an immunization plan between the capital, but eventually no longer be launched.
This afternoon after meeting with federal authorities at the official residence of Los Pinos, Armando Ahued also announced that in just 24 hours increased from 79 to 97 the number of people served in Federal District hospitals for respiratory diseases serious may be the symptom of the flu.
On the suspension of general vaccination plan, the Secretary of Health of the city, said that now the alternative to caring for the sick will be the application of antiviral drugs that have yielded excellent results in combating the epidemic.
However, he also explained that the successful implementation of antiviral depends on early detection of influenza, which emphasized the importance of going immediately to a health center or hospital for a medical evaluation when there is a box acute influenza.
He also stressed that, especially young people, not attending meetings or large gatherings of people, because most of those affected by the flu so far are people between 20 and 40 years of age.
One preventive measure is simple but very important to wash your hands, because it prevents up to 50% the risk of contagion.
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