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07-14-2009, 02:30 PM
The Ministry of Public Health has sent 25 more samples from patients diagnosed with the influenza "A" virus for further study to see if they are of the H1N1 strain of the flu.
Nelson Rodriguez, the public official in charge of supervising the DR's response to the new virus, told reporters from El Nuevo Diario that the country is still following the international protocols.
Rodriguez also reported that there has been a decline in the number of people complaining of flu symptoms. According to official figures, 108 cases of the A(H1N1) influenza virus and two deaths have been confirmed. There have been 1,290 suspicious cases and 19 persons hospitalized.
As a result of extra caution exercised by Dominicans in reaction to all the news on the AH1NI virus this year, on the positive side there has been a decline in the amount of people affected by the flu.
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Nelson Rodriguez, the public official in charge of supervising the DR's response to the new virus, told reporters from El Nuevo Diario that the country is still following the international protocols.
Rodriguez also reported that there has been a decline in the number of people complaining of flu symptoms. According to official figures, 108 cases of the A(H1N1) influenza virus and two deaths have been confirmed. There have been 1,290 suspicious cases and 19 persons hospitalized.
As a result of extra caution exercised by Dominicans in reaction to all the news on the AH1NI virus this year, on the positive side there has been a decline in the amount of people affected by the flu.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)