Guatemala, 8 mar ( EFE).-the authorities of health today decreed alert (preventive) yellow and quarantined in the hospital general San Juan of God, the mayor of Guatemala, by a confirmed case of the flu A and 11 suspects, reported today an official source.
A spokesman for this hospital, Rony Véliz, explained to journalists that quarantine is decreed in the area of intermediate care, where treated an adult 52 years has been confirmed with the disease.
“All staff of the hospital in that area would not leave until within 40 days,” said Efe Véliz, although it did not reveal the amount.
Added that there are another 11 suspected cases of the flu, including four children and two doctors in the hospital, located in the capital,.
The director of the comprehensive care system in health (SIAS), Jose del Busto, confirmed the case at the hospital and said that the man is native to an area of the South of the capital.
The Deputy Minister of hospitals, Roberto Pérez, meanwhile, said that you warning yellow decreed in hospital is to prevent new infections, and advised the population hygiene measures to avoid the spread of the disease.
According to the Ministry of health, since the beginning of 2012 4 flu cases have been confirmed in Guatemala, where appeared the disease for the first time in May 2009.
From 2009 to date, according to the portfolio of health statistics, there have been a total of 520 cases. EFE
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