2024-01-10 11:51:00
In Vicenza two men died from infection with the H1N1 type A virus or swine flu. Two other people are hospitalized
In Vicenza, a 55-year-old man and a 37-year-old man died after contracting the virus H1N1 type AAlso known as swine flu. The eldest died on January 9th while the other died the previous day. Both were hospitalized in critical condition in the intensive care unit at theSan Bortolo hospital.
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Also in Vicenza, as reported by Dagospia, they were hospitalized for intestinal pneumonia two other patients affected byswine flu. One woman, in particular, is said to be in critical condition. ”This season’s flu is characterized by the circulation of the virus H1N1 pdm09 (Pandemic disease Mexico 2009): this is the influenza virus that has been circulating widely in all flu seasons since 2009. Call it the ‘virusswine flu“It is a media legacy that suggests a non-seasonal virus”, underlined in a note Prevention Directorate of the Veneto Region.
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“In any case, surveillance through general practitioners and paediatricians and hospital surveillance remains important. – the note continues – This flu strain is contained in the vaccine, available for subjects at risk and for all categories indicated by the ministry : vaccination is therefore absolutely recommended, even for a wider public. The use of masks and personal protection tools remains important in the case of contagion, and in the most serious episodes, possible prompt therapy with antivirals, especially in subjects with conditions of risk, but only after careful medical evaluation”.
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