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Haitham Nabhan
The director of primary care at the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Majdi Dheir, on the H1N1 virus and its spread in the Gaza Strip.
The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights said in a press release that the virus had killed 12 citizens in recent days and called on the Ministry of Health to redouble efforts to fight the spread of the disease.
"The 12 cases, dead of the H1N1 virus in Gaza, occurred between the beginning of October and the middle of November, there was no death 10 days ago, The disease.
"We are talking about the seasonal flu that is rife around the world and has been present in Gaza since it began to spread in 2010," he said, adding that the very nature of the disease makes the people with health problems that may die of the virus.
He pointed out that "we are exposed until the end of next March to register cases, and that is what happens every year, there is no reason to s & # 39; Worry, as he said.
"This type of flu is endemic worldwide and will remain a colony each year.It will increase in winter and in the fall in summer, and nothing changes compared to previous years because every winter season the mortality rate is increasing, but media concentration has been higher than in previous years. " Past.
"Ten days ago, we did not have any deaths, but that does not mean that we can control the flu viruses, and every winter we will probably increase the number of cases of this disease," she said. he declared.
The Director of Primary Care at the Ministry of Health: The ministry is taking action on the phenomenon and reducing the negative consequences of the disease.
He pointed out that the ministry, working with available resources and the vaccine available for this virus, was being distributed to citizens just like the private sector.
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