SPAIN’S government has called for calm following the deaths of two people from swine ‘flu in the past week.
Vice president María Teresa Fernández de la Vega and minister for health and social policy, Trinidad Jiménez (both pictured) have stressed that “the situation is under control.”
Since last week, a 48-year-old man from Gran Canaria and a 20-year-old Moroccan girl in Madrid.
The latter, an asthma sufferer, was seven months’ pregnant, but an emergency caesarian section meant the baby survived and was unaffected by the AH1N1 virus.
A total of 969 people in Spain have been diagnosed with swine ‘flu, including 27 children in the province of Alicante.
Eight patients are said to be in a critical condition.
Jiménez says a vaccine should be on the shelves by October, thanks to negotiations with pharmaceutical giants Novartis and Glaxo SmithKline.
A total of 37 million doses of the vaccine have been acquired by the Spanish health authorities and a further three million anti-viral jabs.
Children under two, pregnant women and those with existing pathological conditions, particularly respiratory problems, will take priority.
Information will soon be distributed to businesses and schools concerning how to act in the event of a suspected case among staff or pupils.
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