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05-27-2009, 03:00 PM
The Ministry of Public Health is calling for a level-headed approach to the AH1N1 virus after the first two cases of the flu were confirmed in the DR.
Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez is advising people against self-medication if flu-like symptoms are felt, and to increase hygiene measures to prevent contagion.
Rojas says that both infected persons are out of danger, with both cases mild and not requiring medication. One victim is a 58-year old woman living in Santiago who had recently been to Seattle, Washington. The other is a 20-year-old woman in the province of Santo Domingo who recently visited Orlando, Florida.
Public Health Minister Rojas also said that Carol Morgan School would close for seven days after five students from the school are being tested for the H1N1 virus. The tests at the Carol Morgan were carried out after 46 cases of flu were reported at the school. Of the first samples tested abroad, two children were reported to have Influenza A, a severe cold, but not the AH1N1 virus.
The Ministry of Public Health has sent another four samples from undisclosed locations to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia for testing. Bautista Rojas said that the lab equipment the US center donated to carry out the tests locally would be arriving today. Once in place, the results can be known in an hour or two.
Bautista Rojas said that no one has been hospitalized for the flu, and that the measures are being taken to prevent the spread of the virus.
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Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez is advising people against self-medication if flu-like symptoms are felt, and to increase hygiene measures to prevent contagion.
Rojas says that both infected persons are out of danger, with both cases mild and not requiring medication. One victim is a 58-year old woman living in Santiago who had recently been to Seattle, Washington. The other is a 20-year-old woman in the province of Santo Domingo who recently visited Orlando, Florida.
Public Health Minister Rojas also said that Carol Morgan School would close for seven days after five students from the school are being tested for the H1N1 virus. The tests at the Carol Morgan were carried out after 46 cases of flu were reported at the school. Of the first samples tested abroad, two children were reported to have Influenza A, a severe cold, but not the AH1N1 virus.
The Ministry of Public Health has sent another four samples from undisclosed locations to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia for testing. Bautista Rojas said that the lab equipment the US center donated to carry out the tests locally would be arriving today. Once in place, the results can be known in an hour or two.
Bautista Rojas said that no one has been hospitalized for the flu, and that the measures are being taken to prevent the spread of the virus.
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