Report of the second victim of the AH1N1 flu in Arequipa

This time it was Dr. Rolando Corrales Aragón, 50 years old. He worked at the Cerro Colorado health center in Arequipa, but on July 14 he was admitted to the Alberto Seguín Escobedo Hospital in Essalud for the flu. He could not recover and, eleven days later, he died.

He had the AH1N1 flu. The directors of the hospital where he died did not give the details of the case. According to relatives, Rolando Corrales was infected at the health center where he worked. It appeared that the Bureau of Epidemiology of the Regional Directorate of Health will investigate the event

Meanwhile, Percy Velarde, head of this office, asked Es Salud and the Cerro Colorado Center for information. about the deceased. He pointed out that, for the moment, it is difficult to determine where he has been infected. What was known was that he was not vaccinated, although it was mandatory for all health workers, he said.

As mentioned, the first 2018 AH1N1 flu victim was reported in the early days of June. It is an adult over 71 years old who has not been treated in a timely manner.

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On the other hand, Velarde said that until this year, his office had sent 170 suspicious samples of patients to the National Institute of Health. in Lima. The result, 47 positive. However, he said that the majority had been restored and only the results of 20 samples had to be observed.

He also stated that in 2017 no case of this flu had been detected. While in 2016, an epidemic of 180 cases was recorded. Of these, 9 died.

"Currently, the causes of the regrowth of a virus have not been determined.This may be due to the fact that the cold has increased or because the vaccination started in April. we started before. "

This year, Arequipa received 150,000 doses of adult vaccines and 40,000 doses for children. However, 40% and 25% respectively were covered. The head of the office of epidemiology pointed out that this figure is not favorable. "We are already in the middle of winter, we only have one month left," he added.

Experts recommend that the vaccine be placed on any vulnerable person. In other words, health care workers, children, the elderly, patients with chronic diseases and pregnant women

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