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Juliana Alves

Seven new influenza A deaths were confirmed in Brazil, bringing the total to eleven. Of the deaths, seven occurred in Rio Grande do Sul, three in Rio de Janeiro, and one in Sao Paulo. The Health Minister acknowledged for the first time that the influenza A virus is circulating within Brazil.

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16-July-2009 The amount of influenza deaths in Brazil, eleven in total EFE (04:06 p.m.) Of the eleven deaths, seven were recorded in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, S達o Paulo and three in Rio de Janeiro Seven new deaths from influenza A confirmed today by the Ministry of Health amounted to eleven stock of deaths in Brazil, while the government acknowledged for the first time that the virus circulates in the country. The first death from influenza A was confirmed today by a truck driver for 29 years who died ten days after being admitted to intensive care in the town of Uruguaiana bordering Argentina. Health Minister Jose Gomes Tempor達o confirmed the three deaths (one in Osasco, one in Rio de Janeiro and other in Rio Grande do Sul) at a press conference in Brasilia, and announced that laboratory tests have today confirmed another four more deaths have occurred in recent days related AH1N1 virus. According Tempor達o, "at least" four of the deaths today confirmed the clinical picture of patients were complicated with other diseases. Of the eleven dead, seven were recorded in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo and three in a Rio de Janeiro. The first minister admitted that there is evidence that the virus (AH1N1) runs "by the Brazilian territory, but refused to take exceptional measures to those being undertaken by the authorities. The first patient who contracted the disease in Brazil, without having contact with travelers from countries where there is risk of contagion was a girl of eleven years, who died in Sao Paulo on June 30, detailed Tempor達o.

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  • 1. 16-July-2009 The amount of influenza deaths in Brazil, eleven in total EFE (04:06 p.m.) Of the eleven deaths, seven were recorded in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, S達o Paulo and three in Rio de Janeiro Seven new deaths from influenza A confirmed today by the Ministry of Health amounted to eleven stock of deaths in Brazil, while the government acknowledged for the first time that the virus circulates in the country. The first death from influenza A was confirmed today by a truck driver for 29 years who died ten days after being admitted to intensive care in the town of Uruguaiana bordering Argentina. Health Minister Jose Gomes Tempor達o confirmed the three deaths (one in Osasco, one in Rio de Janeiro and other in Rio Grande do Sul) at a press conference in Brasilia, and announced that laboratory tests have today confirmed another four more deaths have occurred in recent days related AH1N1 virus. According Tempor達o, "at least" four of the deaths today confirmed the clinical picture of patients were complicated with other diseases. Of the eleven dead, seven were recorded in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo and three in a Rio de Janeiro. The first minister admitted that there is evidence that the virus (AH1N1) runs "by the Brazilian territory, but refused to take exceptional measures to those being undertaken by the authorities. The first patient who contracted the disease in Brazil, without having contact with travelers from countries where there is risk of contagion was a girl of eleven years, who died in Sao Paulo on June 30, detailed Tempor達o.