NewsWhore
11-22-2007, 01:30 PM
Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez said yesterday that no more deaths as a result of leptospirosis have been reported during the last 48 hours and that the frequency with which patients are being hospitalized with the disease has also decreased. The death toll to date is 29 and a total of 308 cases have been reported nationwide. Due to the increased publicity about the disease the Public Health Minister received a delegation of four experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help analyze the situation. Rojas said that local officials would take the international health officials' advice on tackling this recent outbreak.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)