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Vaccines are the most effective way to prevent virus infection
The flu epidemic has anticipated the cold weather and Catalonia reached last week. This is the weekly newsletter detailing published yesterday by the Government, which quantifies in 130 cases of influenza per 100,000 population recorded in late January. The figure exceeds the threshold of 100 cases from which it is considered that one can speak of an epidemic.
Most cases in Catalonia have a common viral illness, without any detected effects of the new H1N1 flu. The virus that causes it, which sparked international alarm in 2009, little has been detected worldwide and only a majority in Mexico, details the System Influenza Surveillance Institute Carlos III.
The Department of Health advises that the vaccine is the most effective way to prevent infection and follows the evolution of the epidemic through comprehensive emergency plan to determine whether to open more beds in health centers. Doctors consulted advised that the epidemic is often transmitted from children to seniors, they recommended to the population at risk, over 60 years to avoid as far as possible the physical contact with their grandchildren.
The cold wave may temporarily alleviate the epidemic because it is expected that low temperatures the next few days to reduce contact between people. In the whole of Spain, the incidence of influenza is greater, with 196 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. This trend indicates that the epidemic still has extensive experience in Catalonia.