Tokyo: Occurred collective incidence of influenza infection, 101 people were killed 3

2009-01-19

Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, January 18 (Reporter Qian Zheng) - Tokyo, Japan announced the relevant departments on the 17th, Tokyo, Machida City, a hospital incident occurred in the collective risk of influenza have been caused by patients and hospital staff a total of 101 morbidity, including three women patients died.

According to "Daily News" reported on the 18th, Machida City, "The Crane Chuan convalescent hospital" is mainly of elderly medical and psychiatric hospital. January 3, the hospital staff flu symptoms first appeared, followed by increasing the number of patients, at present, 448 patients and 335 staff respectively 77 and 24 incidence. Among them, three age of 77-year-old, 85-year-old and 100-year-old female patient has died due to pneumonia complicated. It is learned that the incidence of more than 40 percent of patients had high fever above 39 ℃.
According to reports, the hospital from October 2008 to apply for the end of flu vaccination for staff for the vaccination, inoculation work has been completed by about 90%. Influenza has occurred, the hospital isolation of patients, and to allow staff to take all the ill treatment drug "Tamiflu."

The hospital was on the 7th of this month reported to the collective risk of influenza incident, Machida City, Tokyo and related departments have respectively 13 and 14, launched an investigation. It is learned that the hospital there are 33 people have symptoms such as fever, but are restored.