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• Health and Medicine
• 04 / 25 / 2010

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HAVANA, Cuba, For the fifth week in a row, the number of H1N1 cases continues to grow throughout the country, said Dr. Otto Pelaez Sanchez, head of the Transmissible Diseases Department of the Cuban Public Health ministry.

During this week, 93 new cases of Influenza A (H1N1) virus were confirmed by the National Influenza Virus Labs of the Tropical Medicine Institute Pedro Kouri, Granma reported on Saturday.

Based on the situation, people were called to strictly follow personal and collective hygiene measures indicated by health authorities and to visit the doctor as soon as any symptoms of flu appear.

In reference to the national vaccination campaign against the H1N1 virus to conclude on Tuesday, April 2, Dr. Pelaez Sanchez said 981,130 people (87.4 percent), selected based on risk factors, have received the shot. Of them 78, 915 are either pregnant women or have given birth recently, representing 99.7 percent of the total.

Dr. Pelaez Sanchez said the people who have been vaccinated remain under strict watch so that they can receive immediate medical care in case of severe reactions, although no serious side-effects of the vaccine have been reported so far.

Among minor adverse reactions are headaches, pain in the area of the shot, fever, tiredness and allergies.
 
Source: ACN