NewsWhore
06-01-2009, 06:20 PM
The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia has confirmed that nine people in the DR, including six students at Santo Domingo's upscale Carol Morgan School have tested positive for the AH1N1 virus. This news comes a week after the school was closed last Thursday through this Wednesday as a precautionary measure after 46 people at the school were suspected of having contracted the virus.
This brings the number of cases confirmed in the DR since last week to 11. The first two cases were located in Santiago and the province of Santo Domingo, involving two women who had traveled to Seattle, Washington, and Orlando, Florida.
According to Minister of Public Health Bautista Rojas Gomez, only one of the six people is being treated at a private hospital, Corazones Unidos. The other five, who only have mild symptoms, are making good progress.
Hoy is reporting that the Public Health Ministry has investigated 308 possible AH1N1 cases, of which 11 have turned out positive.
One case was detected in the southwestern province of Peravia (Bani), and another three cases in the National District (Santo Domingo). The Ministry reports that all the cases have been mild bouts of flu.
The country now has a lab to test for the strain of the flu. Previously, samples had to be sent to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia. As of this coming Wednesday, all samples may be tested in Santo Domingo, after local staff have completed training by CDC personnel.
Doctors at Corazones Unidos, a hospital that has handled several of the cases, is recommending that patients should be treated at home. Nevertheless, the clinic confirmed that one child has been hospitalized at the center.
News reports indicate the AH1N1 virus that has been the subject of so much media attention has killed around 100 people, when the common influenza kills half a million around the world every year and receives relatively little media attention.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)
This brings the number of cases confirmed in the DR since last week to 11. The first two cases were located in Santiago and the province of Santo Domingo, involving two women who had traveled to Seattle, Washington, and Orlando, Florida.
According to Minister of Public Health Bautista Rojas Gomez, only one of the six people is being treated at a private hospital, Corazones Unidos. The other five, who only have mild symptoms, are making good progress.
Hoy is reporting that the Public Health Ministry has investigated 308 possible AH1N1 cases, of which 11 have turned out positive.
One case was detected in the southwestern province of Peravia (Bani), and another three cases in the National District (Santo Domingo). The Ministry reports that all the cases have been mild bouts of flu.
The country now has a lab to test for the strain of the flu. Previously, samples had to be sent to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia. As of this coming Wednesday, all samples may be tested in Santo Domingo, after local staff have completed training by CDC personnel.
Doctors at Corazones Unidos, a hospital that has handled several of the cases, is recommending that patients should be treated at home. Nevertheless, the clinic confirmed that one child has been hospitalized at the center.
News reports indicate the AH1N1 virus that has been the subject of so much media attention has killed around 100 people, when the common influenza kills half a million around the world every year and receives relatively little media attention.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)