According to a statement published on the website of La Repubblica on Wednesday, the two deceased were adult men, aged 55 and 47 respectively, residents of Vicenza in northeastern Veneto. One of them died last week. died on the 2nd, the second time the day before.
They spent several days in the intensive care unit of the San Bortolo hospital in the aforementioned town, where three other people are currently admitted with complications from interstitial pneumonia, including a woman who is in critical condition.
It is also reported that two other people infected with influenza A (H1N1) were sent to hospital in the city of Lanuse, Sardinia, in serious condition.
In most cases, infection with influenza A (H1N1) subtype presents with runny nose, cough, sore throat, high fever, malaise, loss of appetite, muscle pain, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and in poorly evolved cases, Disorientation. and lose consciousness.
The H1N1 subtype occasionally causes death, in about 0.45% of those affected, but in the current case the concern is that deaths occur within a short period of time in the same town. Two adult males with no obvious immunodeficiency issues.
Matteo Bassetti, head of the infectious disease department at Genoa’s San Martino Hospital, said in a statement to local news media that the current season’s vaccination campaign has been disastrous and this is the result.
The expert added: “Unfortunately, we will only remember the importance of vaccines when there are deadly viruses that also affect young people.”
While the country’s health authorities recognize the seriousness of the situation and urge immunization as the only safe and effective way to stop the outbreak, they are also working to reassure the population.
In this sense, Massimo Andreoni, scientific director of the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (Simit), asserts that it is “a disease that affects the most vulnerable, the elderly and the immunosuppressed” The virus is rarely fatal in young people.” and healthy people,”
Italy is currently running an intensive information campaign about the dangers posed by viruses such as the H1N1 family this year, as 80% of influenza cases are currently caused by such viruses, and as a precautionary measure the public is urged to Added, get vaccinated.
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