Tokyo, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Three people were killed and one hundred were affected by an influenza epidemic occurred in a Tokyo hospital for the elderly, which apparently spread after an employee contracted the disease, the agency Kyodo reported today.
The health authorities of the Metropolitan Government of the Japanese capital are investigating the incident in the Tsurukawa sanatorium, where he contracted the flu have 24 employees and 77 patients, three of 100 women, 85 and 77 years died.
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The center specializes in elderly health care, with treatments such as primary care for people of advanced age or dementia. It houses a total of 448 patients, whose average age is 83 years.
According to health authorities reported Tokyo, the influenza epidemic spread in the center three days after the employee entered on January 3 last.
The patients have been vaccinated but that has not halted the spread of the disease, which also affects the hospital's director, Kenichiro Hino, who has apologized for what happened.
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