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GAZAN HEALTH BODY REQUESTS FOR MEDICAL AID AFTER SIXTH FLU DEATH
The 14 Dec. 2009 at 13:11Last newsComments (0)Add a commentGAZA, Dec 10 (NNN-KUNA)
— Health officials in Gaza has requested for international medical assistance following the death of a sixth case of swine flu. The deceased, a woman in her 50s, also had heart problem and an acute lung infection, Palestinian Gaza health official Hasan Khalaf told KUNA on Wednesday. The woman had acquired the A(H1N1) virus two days earlier, and all means taken to treat her have failed, added the official. Khalaf appealed to Arab and Islamic nations along with the international community to dispatch vaccines and serums to Gaza, for the protection of the weak and disadvantaged. The official noted to the need of around 200,000 swine flu vaccines for children, pregnant women and the elderly, who suffer from a weak immune system as a result of diseases common to the region like diabetes. Gazan health authorities are doing their best to accommodate all suspected cases, through laboratory analysis, diagnosis and observation. Earlier Wednesday, a pregnant woman in her 20s, also infected with swine flu, died after giving birth. Swine flu cases in Gaza have reached 15, but most recovered since the announcement of the virus in the occupied territory last Thursday.Swine flu toll in isolated Gaza 'reaches 10'
The 13 Dec. 2009 at 19:09Last newsComments (0)Add a commentGAZA CITY — Two more people died of swine flu in the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday, bringing to 10 the total number of Gazans who have been killed by the disease, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
"Two more cases died today, a 25-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man, bringing the total number of deaths from A(H1N1) to 10," said Hassan Khalaf, a ministry spokesman.
He added that another 67 people have been stricken with the disease, including "a number of serious cases."
Gaza, which has been under strict Israeli closure since the Islamist Hamas movement seized power in June 2007, was among the last places in the world to see cases of the virus, the first of which were reported a week ago.
The ministry has demanded 300,000 vaccines for the impoverished territory of 1.5 million people, including some 13,000 vaccines for government and public and private health workers.
Israel has already allowed in 10,000 doses of swine flu vaccine in a bid to prevent the latest outbreak from spreading to the Jewish state, which has lost 67 people to the virus.
Israel said last week it will allow in 30,000 to 40,000 more vaccines supplied by the World Health Organisation, but the transfer has not yet taken place, according to a military spokeswoman.
The Hamas-run government has meanwhile started examining foreigners entering the territory through the Erez crossing with Israel for signs of the disease, including by taking their temperature.
Palestinian child dies of A/H1N1 flu in Gaza
The 13 Dec. 2009 at 19:03Last newsComments (0)Add a commentA/H1N1 virus Saturday claimed the life of a Palestinian child in the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll to eight within a week after the disease was discovered in the densely populated enclave.
"The child, infected with the virus four days ago, was treated but failed to resist the disease since she also suffered from kidney failure," said the health ministry of the deposed Hamas government in a statement sent to the media.
Influenza A/H1N1 cases was first found on Dec. 6 in the blockaded strip and 52 Gazans have been diagnosed with the virus so farLa grippe H1N1 arrive à Gaza
The 06 Dec. 2009 at 15:22Last newsComments (0)Add a commentCinq cas de grippe H1N1 ont été confirmés dans la bande de Gaza, les premiers dans le territoire palestinien, ont indiqué aujourd'hui les autorités sanitaires du Hamas. "Il y avait des cas suspects dans les hôpitaux Al-Chiffa et Al-Nasr de Gaza, et les résultats des examens ont révélé cinq cas" de grippe H1N1, a déclaré Hassan Khalaf, le porte-parole du ministère de la Santé du Hamas, qui contrôle la bande de Gaza.
Au total, 17 cas suspects ont été recensés à Gaza, a-t-il précisé.
"Les patients ont commencé à recevoir un traitement", a ajouté le porte-parole, en précisant que celui-ci avait été fourni par l'Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS), ainsi que le matériel de détection du virus. Il n'a pas précisé comment ils avaient contracté la maladie, mais a exclu tout lien avec le pèlerinage de La Mecque, qui s'est achevé fin novembre. Ces cas suspects ont en effet été décelés avant le pèlerinage, a précisé le porte-parole. Quatre à cinq cents fidèles musulmans de Gaza se sont rendus à La Mecque cette année.
