2009 flu pandemic in Spain
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| Disease | Swine flu |
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| Virus strain | H1N1 |
| First case | Almansa |
| Arrival date | 27 April 2009 |
| Deaths | 17 |
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In March and April 2009, an outbreak of a new strain of influenza commonly referred to as swine flu infected many people in Mexico and parts of the United States, causing severe illness in the former. The new strain was identified as a combination of several different strains of Influenzavirus A, subtype H1N1, including separate strains of this subtype circulating in humans (see Human influenza) and in pigs (see Swine influenza).
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[edit] First case in Europe
On April 27, Spain confirmed the first case of Swine influenza in Europe. The patient was a 23-year-old man that had returned from Mexico on the 22nd. The case was confirmed in the province of Albacete.
On April 28, a second case was confirmed in Valencia. The patient had traveled to Mexico with the first confirmed patient.
[edit] Response
The Health and Social Policy minister, Trinidad Jiménez, announced that all passengers coming from Mexico, United States, Canada, New Zealand, Colombia, France and Israel have to fill a form during their flight.[2]
There has been a reinforcement of medical teams on all airports to handle possible swine flu cases.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommended to cancel any travel to Mexico unless strictly necessary. It also recommended to re evaluate the need to travel to the United States.
The Spanish government has several million doses of Tamiflu on hand if necessary.
[edit] Affected areas
| Autonomous Community | Laboratory confirmed cases | Other possible cases* | Deaths from possible cases* |
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| Community of Madrid | 749 | 0 | 2 |
| Canary Islands | 31 | 0 | 3 |
| Balearic Islands | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Andalucia | 44 | 0 | 2 |
| Valencian Community | 29 | 15 | 3 |
| Catalonia | 26 | 5 | 1 |
| Castilla-La Mancha | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Region of Murcia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Basque Country | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Galicia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aragon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extremadura | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Castilla y León | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Asturias | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| La Rioja | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Navarra | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceuta | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melilla | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cantabria | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 690 | +25,000 | 13 |
| (*) Not all cases have been confirmed as due to this strain. Possible cases are cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) that have not been confirmed through testing to be due to this strain. | |||
[edit] Confirmed cases
- There are 969 confirmed cases, with the latest all taken by awaiting samples. The Spanish government has affirmed the situation is under constant monitoring and control, recommending the population not to panic.
[edit] Deaths
A 19-year-old woman in Spain became the first patient in continental Europe who died because of swine flu.[4] A second death was confirmed on 9 July in the Canary Islands, it was a 41-year-old man with a chronic disease.[5] The second affected land in Europe has reported seven death cases up to 29 July.
[edit] Madrid Outbreak
In early June Madrid suffered an outbreak of swine flu among school children. By the 9th of June over 100 school children in Madrid had been confirmed to have swine flu.[6]
[edit] Unconfirmed or suspected cases
- Madrid has the greatest number of confirmed cases[3].
- The North African Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla and also La Rioja have not reported any confirmed cases[3] of swine flu.
[edit] See also
- 2009 swine flu outbreak
- Avian influenza
- Spanish flu
- 2009 flu pandemic in France
- 2009 swine flu outbreak in the United States
- 2009 swine flu outbreak in Canada
- 2009 swine flu outbreak in Mexico
[edit] References
- ^ Daily official flu situation in Spain report by the Ministry of Health and Social Policy of Spain 2009-07-15
- ^ Los aeropuertos españoles, 'blindados' ante la epidemia, In Spanish
- ^ a b c Last official data given by the Ministry of Health and Social Policy of Spain 2009-05-12
- ^ Reuters, June 30, 2009
- ^ http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/478076/0/muerto/gripe/canarias/
- ^ "Taiwan News, June 10, 2009". Archived from the original on 2009-09-10. http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=972418&lang=eng_news&cate_img=316.jpg&cate_rss=news_Health. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Swine flu |
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Wikinews has related news: Spain confirms swine flu |
- Swine Influenza official data (in spanish) - Ministerio de Sanidad y Políticas Sociales. Gobierno de España
- World Health Organization (WHO) Swine Influenza page – Updates periodically and links to archived WHO releases (English)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Swine Influenza (Flu) (English)
- Medical Encyclopedia Medline Plus: Swine Flu (English)
- Medical Encyclopedia WebMD: Swine Flu Center (English)
[edit] Spanish Health Services
- Ministry of Health and Social Policy of Spain official website, Special about the swine flu (Spanish)
- Department of Health of the Basque Government (Spanish) (Basque)
- Official website of the Basque Health Service/Osakidetza (Spanish) (Basque)
- Department of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia (Spanish) (English) (Catalan)
- Enciclopedia Médica Medline Plus: Gripe porcina (Spanish)
- Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS): Gripe porcina (Spanish)
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