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During the first hours of this Wednesday, a 50-year-old patient died at Alberto Seguín Escobedo Hospital of Essalud in Arequipa because of the AH1N1 flu .
He has been hospitalized since last week at the hospital and is the second victim, so far this year, of the flu.
The Office of Epidemiology of Regional Health Management Arequipa (Gersa) sent samples of 170 suspected patients to the National Institute of Health (INS). Of these, 47 were positive, most of them have already recovered and were released. The results of 20 samples are still expected.
Chief of the Office of Epidemiology, Percy Velarde, said that no case had been recorded last year. He said that in 2016 there was an epidemic with 180 positive cases and 9 deaths. At present, the causes of virus regrowth are not exactly known. "It may be because the cold has increased or because we started vaccination in April, last year (where there was no case), we started more early, "he said. ] influenza for adults and 40,000 pediatric patients. They are available in all health centers.
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