NewsWhore
05-28-2009, 03:30 PM
Following yesterday's confirmation of two cases of A(H1N1) flu in the country, the health authorities have launched a series of control measures that include a phase of handling the cases with the installation of a situation room in the area of Collective Health in order to continually monitor each episode that occurs in the country.
The Minister of Public Health, Bautista Rojas Gomez presented a prevention campaign to inform the public of the hygienic measures that should be taken to prevent the illness, as well as the services provided through the official government hotline *462.
The campaign includes thousands of posters, preventive guides and other written materials in several languages that are being distributed in the airport terminals, ports and in the frontier area, public offices and educational establishments, hospitals and other public places.
Speaking at a press conference, the Minister said there is no reason for alarm, because the cases confirmed so far have been mild. The Minister said that the patients who have been confirmed as infected with the A(H1N1) flu are staying in their homes showing a favorable evolution and not requiring treatment.
He pointed out that people should be prepared for the possible detection of more cases, but they should not be afraid, because the precautionary measures being implemented will ensure that the virus will be no more than a flu episode from which they will fully recover.
The equipment donated by the CDC has been installed in the Center for Dominican-Japanese Friendship (Cemadoja), and this will enable local technicians to identify the influenza A virus and type it using the PCR technique.
Miguel Machuca from the Pan American Health Organization described the preventive work being done in the Dominican Republic, and suggested that people not fill the hospitals with symptomatic cases, because that could contribute to increase the spread of the virus.
He said that PAHO has increased its assistance to the Ministry of Public Health, mobilizing more resources. He advised people with symptoms to go to hospitals or clinics, get themselves checked and be treated in their homes.
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The Minister of Public Health, Bautista Rojas Gomez presented a prevention campaign to inform the public of the hygienic measures that should be taken to prevent the illness, as well as the services provided through the official government hotline *462.
The campaign includes thousands of posters, preventive guides and other written materials in several languages that are being distributed in the airport terminals, ports and in the frontier area, public offices and educational establishments, hospitals and other public places.
Speaking at a press conference, the Minister said there is no reason for alarm, because the cases confirmed so far have been mild. The Minister said that the patients who have been confirmed as infected with the A(H1N1) flu are staying in their homes showing a favorable evolution and not requiring treatment.
He pointed out that people should be prepared for the possible detection of more cases, but they should not be afraid, because the precautionary measures being implemented will ensure that the virus will be no more than a flu episode from which they will fully recover.
The equipment donated by the CDC has been installed in the Center for Dominican-Japanese Friendship (Cemadoja), and this will enable local technicians to identify the influenza A virus and type it using the PCR technique.
Miguel Machuca from the Pan American Health Organization described the preventive work being done in the Dominican Republic, and suggested that people not fill the hospitals with symptomatic cases, because that could contribute to increase the spread of the virus.
He said that PAHO has increased its assistance to the Ministry of Public Health, mobilizing more resources. He advised people with symptoms to go to hospitals or clinics, get themselves checked and be treated in their homes.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)