Vicenza health authorities, north Italy appealed to local people get vaccinated against flu later deathIn a short time two grown men infected by it The H1N1 virus is better known as swine flu. In addition to these, other five peoplethose currently affected by the same virus in intensive care -one in serious condition- due to a number of complications such as interstitial pneumonia.
Five more people with H1N1 infection were admitted to intensive care unit
According to the information that emerged in the last hours, the first person to die is a man from Germany. 55 years, Who died last Sunday, the second one 47 years He stated that he had no previous illness, that he had been in a sensitive condition for days and that he died on Tuesday. Health authorities in Veneto, the region to which Vicenza belongs, attributed the deaths to the virus. H1N1 pdm09An influenza virus that has been circulating in Italy and other countries since 2009.
2 out of 5 people admitted to intensive care are in hospital lanuseiinside sardinia island, public broadcaster RAI reported.
Health authorities describe this situation as ” Disastrous vaccination campaign“As stated, this year in Italy Matteo BassettiDirector of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the San Martino Hospital in Genoa. “Unfortunately there is a few “I got vaccinated this year,” he emphasized. “The only way to beat this viral infection is to get vaccinated,” he admitted. Vinicio DanziPresident of Vicenza Intensive Care made a statement to the newspaper ‘Il Corriere della Sera’.
In this direction, health authorities also tried relieve the population. And they did it so remembering, 95% of cases, H1N1 is not lethalAs you said Massimo AndreoniScientific director of SIMIT, the Italian Society for Infectious and Tropical Diseases.
“As we have always said, this is a virus that affects the most vulnerable, the elderly and immunocompromised, and can rarely be lethal for young and healthy people,” Andreoni explained. “Today, 80% Flu cases in Italy They are H1N1Various experts have been warning for days about the danger that viruses of the H1N1 family represent in Italy this year, even more so than Covid-19.