Flu beginning to spread along coastal region of Ecuador

Eluniverso.com reported that in early January reported a daily average of 30 care in hospital emergency area Verdi Cevallos Balda, of Portmore, people with fever, flu and decay and two cases of dengue fever. Maribel Barriga, director of the Department of Epidemiology, said to watch for with this type of diseases are increasing, especially when information is available from the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) rebound influenza B virus, which belongs seasonal change. He clarified that vaccination can reduce the effects of viral diseases. “Immunisation protects us, but not 100%. We’re just a group of vaccinated for seasonal virus not all. In the hospital Rafael Rodriguez Zambrano, Manta, few cases of flu and respiratory illnesses of the winter season that will serve, as most first seek care in the sub, said Milton Yagual, medical triage area. In Manta, Lourdes Chavez, director of the Health Area No. 2, said that if a person is vaccinated against influenza strengthen defenses. Read Article