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The Ministry of Health said that in the cases of public hospitals and private clinics, the ministry's central monitoring cell had reported that out of a total of 58 cases of acute respiratory infections, positive for subtype AS1 (a), 15 patients were cured, 32 were still receiving treatment and 11 had been registered.
The ministry said Sunday in a statement that the deaths were due to complications badociated with at least one vulnerability factor, namely pregnancy or chronic diseases, or at the age factor (65 years and over or under 5 years).
According to the source, these cases are distributed according to the workers or regions from which they originate, in four cases in Casablanca, three in Tangier and one in Rabat, Fez, Tanant and Azilal.
The ministry confirmed that, as part of the epidemiological surveillance and surveillance system for seasonal influenza, the current epidemiological situation remains normal compared to previous seasons and corresponds to the global epidemiological situation according to the World Health Organization. .
She pointed out that in the context of vigilance and the intensification of the Department's epidemiological surveillance system, laboratory tests of 684 samples taken with influenza-like illness or severe acute respiratory infections (SARS) had revealed 160 case, ie 23.3%. It shows that 97.3% of the isolated viruses were of type A, against 2.5% of type B. Of the type A viruses, the type A1N1 (a) represents 78.8%, against 21.2% of the subtype AS3N2.
The ministry said that in aggravated cases that may require the use of anti-viral drugs, drugs are available in public hospitals as well as drug distribution companies to provide private clinics. In addition, the Ministry of Health emphasized the importance of preventing this disease, which is mainly based on hygiene measures, and vaccination, especially for the most vulnerable groups.
For information or advice in this regard, you can call the economic number badigned by the Department of Health at 0801004747.
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