Via Newsroom Panama :
" Panama’s Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed on Thursday the fourth death from hemorrhagic dengue during this year’s rainy season.
The victims came from San Miguelito ( 2), Panama City (1) and Bocas del Toro (1).
The MoH is awaiting laboratory test results of laboratory for confirmation of another case
Meanwhile another suspected case has been hospitalized, bringing to nine the latest number of cases
According to official records, 18 people receiving hospital treatment are "entirely stable": seven in Hospital Santo Tomás, six in Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid, three in the Pediatric Specialties Hospital and one each in Susana Jones Hospital and the National Hospital.
The MoH surveillance system, reported that to date some 79 people have registered with warning signs."
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Friday, August 19, 2011
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Panama : Two deaths as complex dengue threat spreads
Via News Room Panama :
" Panama's Ministry of Health (MoH) has reported seven new suspected cases of complex hemorrhagic dengue which has already caused the deaths of two children.
A fumigation and cleaning operation is underway to eliminate mosquito breeding places of the Aedes aegypti, mosquito which transmits dengue.
According to official records, there have been 307 cases of dengue fever type 2 complex or hemorrhagic.
The number of suspected cases, although stable, rose to 13 on Friday and the Health officials await results of laboratory tests to confirm whether it is "complex dengue."
The new cases are patients from Mano de Piedra, Santa Librada, township and the Arnulfo Arias district of Arraijan.
The patients have been taken to the Social Security Hospital, Santo Tomas and the El Nino Hospital. All are in stable condition and under observation, according to a statement from the MoH.
Health Minister Franklin Vergara, said people should cooperate in eliminating mosquito breeding sites."
" Panama's Ministry of Health (MoH) has reported seven new suspected cases of complex hemorrhagic dengue which has already caused the deaths of two children.
A fumigation and cleaning operation is underway to eliminate mosquito breeding places of the Aedes aegypti, mosquito which transmits dengue.
According to official records, there have been 307 cases of dengue fever type 2 complex or hemorrhagic.
The number of suspected cases, although stable, rose to 13 on Friday and the Health officials await results of laboratory tests to confirm whether it is "complex dengue."
The new cases are patients from Mano de Piedra, Santa Librada, township and the Arnulfo Arias district of Arraijan.
The patients have been taken to the Social Security Hospital, Santo Tomas and the El Nino Hospital. All are in stable condition and under observation, according to a statement from the MoH.
Health Minister Franklin Vergara, said people should cooperate in eliminating mosquito breeding sites."
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