Update: A H1N1 Influenza virus in Bolivia

Today, El Deber reports that two more people died as a result of complications with the A (H1N1) influenza virus in Bolivia. In Santa Cruz city, a 35-year-old man died in San Juan de Dios hospital, as a result of a pulmonary complication, tuberculosis and the flu virus. In Tarija city, a woman age 52 died after being diagnosed with the flu.

http://www.eldeber.com.bo/2011/2011-10-04/vernotaahora.php?id=111003235447

Today in the morning news at PAT, it showed lack of vaccines, with greater demand for them; lack of the inputs that labs need to diagnose the flu; and the possibility of calling for an emergency at department level in Santa Cruz.

Our earlier post on this subject:

https://bolivianthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/santa-cruz-city-schools-closed-epidemic-a1-h1n1-influenza-virus/

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