Ecuador's H1N1 flu death toll rises to 23

Via Xinhua :

" The H1N1 influenza A virus has killed 23 people and infected 331 others in 22 of the total 24 provinces of Ecuador so far this year, the Ecuadorian Ministry of Public Health announced on Friday.

According to the latest published epidemiological report, the virus mainly prevails in the provinces of the Mountain-Center and North region, with an increase of the cases reported in the Coastal region and occasional cases in Mountain-South and Amazonian regions.

Four of the 23 deaths occurred last week, the report said, adding that the health authorities have implemented sanitary measures to stop the virus from spreading throughout the whole country.

Drugstores are still banned from selling anti-flu, anti-inflammatory or pain reliever drugs without prescription, since the self-medication may hide the virus' symptoms and prevent clinical diagnosis, the report said.

The Ministry of Public Health will launch a vaccination campaign in October and November to immunize some 4 million people against the virus."

Ecuador reports 137 H1N1 cases, 11 deaths

Via Xinhua :

" The H1N1 Influenza A virus has killed 11 and infected 137 people this year in Ecuador, spreading to 14 provinces out of its 24 provinces, the Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday.

The latest report said 4 deaths were registered in the Andean province, while the province of Pichincha had most infections of 56 cases.

"These figures fall within the range expected by the Pan American Health Organization," said Norma Armas, national undersecretary of Public Health Monitoring.

She added the Ministry of Public Health has been monitoring the spread of the disease on a daily basis since March.

Last week, the ministry banned the over-the-counter sale of cold remedies, anti-inflammatories and pain-relief remedies that can only be acquired by prescription, warning that self-medication can hide the symptoms of the virus and make the situation worse.

The H1N1 virus first appeared in Ecuador during a worldwide pandemic in 2009, killing at least 14 people and infecting as many as 2,251.

Last year, the health ministry vaccinated 3.5 million people. It plans to vaccinate another 4 million in October and November this year."

Ecuador : Dengue does not stop and go in 2012 and 2,061 cases

Machine translated article via El Universo :

" There are now 2,061 patients with dengue in the country, a figure that exceeds twice compared to 2011, when 854 were infected, according to the Ministry of Public Health. Only the provinces of Guayas, Manabi and Los Rios totaling 1,481 cases.

They are, respectively, 677 patients with dengue fever and 7 with bleeding (called serious by authorities), 436 of the classic and 5 of hemorrhagic and 356. Meanwhile, provinces are divided into twelve other 580 cases.

According to the ministry, it is estimated that the total size of the country, 70% environmental conditions are favorable for breeding of Aedes aegypti, the dengue vector, " which causes all the populations in these geographic areas is no possibility of getting this disease. " In Ecuador, the four serotypes of dengue virus."

Ecuador : Dengue increases in Manabi country and only 99 cases in less than a month

Machine translated article via El Universo :

" Dengue cases are increasing at an accelerated pace in the country, especially in the provinces of Los Rios, who according to the National Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR) is the hardest hit by the effects of the rains, and Manabi.

As of last Friday the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) reported 465 people with the condition, of which 196 corresponded to Guayas (2 of them serious), 128 Gold, 69 rivers, 45 to Manabi (2 of them severe), and 27 to Esmeraldas (1 severe). To prevent the disease, authorities asked the public to follow at least ten recommendations. In Los Rios, the number of people infected with the disease rose to 132, according to data released yesterday by the Department of Health in this province."

Ecuador : There are 465 cases of dengue, according to Health Ministry

Machine translated article via El Universo :

" A total of 460 cases of dengue fever and more severe type 5 were recorded only yesterday in the country, reported the Ministry of Health. Most infected people come from the provinces of Guayas and El Oro, where there are 196 and 128, respectively.

From the figures Guayas, two cases are severe (formerly known as hemorrhagic), of which one person died on 15 last January.

She was a teenager of 12 years on January 9, fever, headaches and abdominal. He received anti-inflammatory and natural medicine, the ministry said. By having a poor outcome, went to the hospital January 12 Ycaza Francisco Bustamante."

Ecuador : 12 year old boy dies with dengue hemorrhagic

Machine translated article from UPI :

" A 12 year old boy is the first fatality of DHF in the current epidemic in the country, the health ministry confirmed.

The minister, Carina Vance said the boy died last Sunday in Guayaquil, the capital of the province of Guayas, where the largest number of cases of hemorrhagic dengue fever, which affects the country to a hundred people. Dr. Vance said that Ecuador spends "a serious situation."