Guatemala reports 10 new A/H1N1 flu cases
Reported June 09, 2009
MEXICO CITY, June 9 (Xinhua) — Confirmed cases of A/H1N1 flu have increased to 60 in Guatemala, with 10 new cases reported, the nation’s Health Minister Celso Cerezo said on Tuesday.
According to news reaching here from Guatemala, Guatemala City has seen the most new cases with a report of six. The department of Chimaltenango reported three more and the remaining one was from the department of Escuintla. Seven of the new cases are in men and three in women.
Cerezo said he had recommended to the Education Ministry that schools be closed in Escuintla, starting on Monday. Some 48 of the infected are receiving anti-viral treatment and are responding well, he added. There have been no deaths in the country from the new flu.
Officials said that the trend of contagion suggests that infections will reach between 100 and 160 in the country within 20days.