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Temporão says that Brazil is prepared to fight swine flu

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Mylene Fiori
Reporter Agency Brazil
 

Brasília - Despite the imminent risk of a pandemic of swine flu - warning made today (29) by the World Health Organization (WHO) - the Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporão guarantees that Brazil is prepared to fight the disease. According to the minister, as yet, no evidence of movement of swine influenza virus in Brazil.

"It would be a irreponsabilidade say that it [swine flu] will not arrive in Brazil. We are prepared to ensure that it reaches. And if you get to deal with the technical and resoluteness that situation, "said Temporão. According to him, the whole network of public health is involved and it is very important that people trust the health authorities.

"The country is prepared to face this situation. We have structured a contingency plan since 2005, we have a surveillance system working, we doubled the work in ports and airports throughout Brazil, we have stocked sufficient medicines to over 9 million treatments, we have a network of 52 hospitals ready and prepared to meet the suspected cases, "he said.

The minister warned, however, the risk of self-medication and false therapies. "It can mask symptoms and delay the initiation of correct treatment," said. To reassure the public, noted that there is no evidence that the virus has reached pigs and therefore there is no risk in contact and consumption of products of porcine origin in Brazil.

Temporão Second, there are 36 patients in monitoring the states of Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Santa Catarina and São Paulo. Also identified were two suspected cases in two capitals, Belo Horizonte and Sao Paulo, and patients are being treated as if we had the disease.


Worldwide, 148 cases were confirmed in nine countries, with eight deaths - seven in Mexico and the United States. 

 



Source: Agência Brasil

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