Friday, January 28, 2011

#Japan: Flu patients, more than double its level of alert in the province for three consecutive weeks 13

[H1N1. Miyazaki also has H5N1 in poultry/birds]

January 28, 2011

Found that the national alert level close to doubled in three weeks the flu. According to a sentinel survey released by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases 28, last week (January 17 - 23) Number of new patients is a medical 26.41 per person (12.09 last week), and momentum to reach the level of alert in 30. Institute of Infectious Diseases has called for preventive measures such as thorough hand washing again.

By prefecture, Miyazaki is 64.49 (24.08 last week) and highest in Okinawa and then 63.17 (the 55.26) was. Hukuoka 48.97 (24.81), Saga 48.44 (27.87), Nagasaki 47.29 (20.43) followed. Kyushu over 30 county-level alarm. Gunma 36.41 (16.42), Tiba 36.38 (17.56), Saitama 34.29 (14.41) and many Kantou exceeded the alert level 13 provinces. The warning was issued less than level 10, only 9.49 and Kagawa Prefecture Tokushima 9.18 2.

The virus in pigs in the new, nearly a full 90% of patients, 14% under 43, there were patients who, unlike children from the previous week. 20-29% more and even 30s.

Yasui Yoshinori Senior Researcher of the Institute of Infectious Diseases Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, "We are worried about the spread of infection still some people off guard. Peak of the new flu occurred last season (39.66) might have over "Let's try this. The most prevalent were larger than in the past 10 seasons between 2004 and 2005 was 50.07. (Kumai Hiromi)

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