Colombia fears more virulent swine flu strain surfaced in Bogota
Colombia’s Ministry of Health fears that a more virulent strain of the swine flu virus may have evolved in the capital Bogota, claiming the lives of 23 people this year already.
Colombia’s Ministry of Health fears that a more virulent strain of the swine flu virus may have evolved in the capital Bogota, claiming the lives of 23 people this year already.
Colombia’s National Health Institute on Thursday denied the country is having a swine flu epidemic despite 165 confirmed cases and nine fatalities so far this year.
Colombia’s health minister called for calm after six people died of swine flu in the north and south of the country. According to the minister the deaths do not constitute…
Bogota health authorities are concerned about a rise in the incidence of the H1N1 virus both in the Colombian capital city and around the Andean nation. Bogota Public Health Director…
Colombia’s national government warns for a possible second outbreak of the swine flu following the death of a woman in a town 50 miles north west of Bogota and the…
Authorities in have confirmed Colombia’s first lethal case of H1N1, or swine flu, of 2010, which took place in the central Tolima department. The victim was a 46-year-old female school…
Colombia received its first 500,000 doses of the swine flu, which will be distributed among health workers and members of the armed forces, reported Colombian media. Colombia’s vice minister of health,…
205 people have died of the AH1N1 virus, or swine flu, in Colombia since it first appeared in May last year, health authorities said on Tuesday. In total, 142,560 Colombian…
Two million vaccines against the swine flu virus will arrive in Colombia from February 25, stated the country’s health minister on Wednesday. Health Minister Diego Palacio said that the vaccinations…