Taiwan fear of creating the first case of drug-resistant flu death

2009.08.26 10:32:50 am

The new flu epidemic continues to heat up, the Taiwan Center for Disease Control in just 4 days, announced the death of three new influenza cases, Morak hurricane yet, and the new flu outbreak again oncoming force Xiong Xiong, Ma Government again under challenge.

CNA news, because of fear of entering a new influenza epidemic period in September, by telephone on the 25th, President Ma Ying-jeou and Premier Liu in two consultations, in order to avoid inducing panic, decided to take expert advice on disease prevention, temporarily meeting of the National Security meeting, to start the National Security mechanism, the government side who said: "The epidemic has not yet risen to that level." 27 disease control experts will be invited into the House to discuss disease-related measures; 88 floods, Ma Ying-jeou is too slow to convene the National Security meeting, and failed to function due to play Guoanjizhi, triggering a political crisis.

Or resistant deaths occurred

According to DOH Center for Disease Control pointed out that Taiwan's first five new influenza patients died, 44-year-old woman living in Pingtung, 17 ill, 20, a high fever and severe coughing and other symptoms, medical treatment, 21 became pneumonia by rapid screening positive for the hospital and immediately Tamiflu (Tamiflu) treatment, was still early morning on the 24th death, cause of death has not ruled out drug-resistant influenza viruses, but are still in the testing.

Influenza outbreak in September reaching a peak

Afternoon of the 25th CDC, said the new cases Adds one cases of severe influenza, the cumulative cases have reached 44 cases of severe, severe case of the new Kaohsiung-Pingtung area of 44-year-old man, chronic high blood pressure patients have their own history, not Morak hurricane victims.

Taiwan epidemic command center on the 25th that the estimate of Taiwan's population infected with influenza A H1N1 influenza more than 38,000 people, close to 40000 people, the vast majority of the mild. So far, the new influenza have caused five deaths and 10 people still hospitalized, including five in intensive care unit, five people in the general ward, while 29 per person has been discharged.

World Health Organization (WHO) said that as of last week, has been notified of the world's 12 drug-resistant cases are isolated cases and have been recovered.