Guyana health ministry increase surveillance for H1N1 flu
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| Published on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Ministry of Health here has intensified its surveillance for influenza-like cases in an effort to ensure early diagnosis of the H1N1 virus in Guyana.
Health minister Leslie Ramsammy said on Tuesday that the exercise has detected two cases, which have been determined, are related to travel experiences.
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Guyana’s Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy.
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“Both cases were detected at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre on the East Bank of Demerara …blood samples from the two persons have been drawn and are being sent overseas for further tests,” Ramsammy said.
However, there is no confirmation at this time that the two cases are H1NI, but represents part of the Ministry’s Heightened Suspicion Index for the disease.
“My Ministry will continue to test persons who meet the criteria for the suspicion index, who have history of illnesses and those who would have traveled to countries where the H1NI virus was detected” Ramsammy added.
He cautions persons against unnecessary worrying, while assuring that his ministry is keeping a close watch on the movement of the disease and continues to do everything in its power to delay the of appearance of the HINI virus to Guyana.
While there have been calls to the Health Ministry regarding cases of the HINI virus in Berbice, the surveillance system has failed to identify such. | | | | Reads : 970 | | | |
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