Thursday, April 23, 2009

Health Ministry seeks to calm cases of influenza

Vaccines are a problem because they received 200 thousand doses and SSA will acquire 300 thousand more. ARCHIVO ARCHIVE

  • Córdova Villalobos reported that health alert began last week

SSA did not drop our guard until the cases are reduced

MEXICO CITY .- The head of the Secretariat of Health (SSA), José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, called upon the people to remain calm in the cases of influenza season.

. Announced that the SSA will acquire 300 thousand influenza vaccine, in addition to the 200 thousand doses donated by a laboratory which is used to vaccinate health sector employees who "believed immune" and were not protected.

Interviewed in the National Forum: "Current status and challenges to address addiction in the workplace," said Córdova Villalobos not detected cases of influenza in medical staff, but other employees in that sector.

The federal official announced that the Federal District are 120 probable cases of seasonal influenza and confirmed the deaths of 20 people throughout the country for this cause in recent weeks.

In this context, it is believed that a controlled situation, but not a pandemic, so people should remain calm and resort to the physician any symptoms of possible influenza.

"We must remain calm, especially the families must cooperate so that when they have symptoms with a doctor if they do not sneezing directly to others, if the problem does not say hello or kiss or hand, may not share utensils for food if they are not washed, "he said.

Córdova Villalobos reported that health alert began last week and will remain as long as necessary until we see a real reduction in cases. "

He added that although there have been situations of this kind in only seven states of Mexico should remain vigilant throughout the country.

He insisted that the issue of vaccines is no longer a problem because they received 200 thousand doses and SSA will acquire 300 thousand over two other laboratories to protect the personal sector, in addition to distributing drugs and health brigades were activated .

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