BREAKING: Mexico AH1N1 preventative measures. Crowd contol for political rallies, theatres and restaurants. Monitoring of schools, sick children and p

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Press Conference attended by Chiapas Governor Sabibes and his cabinet... Q/A session after commentary...

POLITICS
First case in Mexico april 16 Oaxaca. CDC: first case San Diego, Califronia USA March 30, 2009. Official name: AH1N1 California09.

As of today 822 ah1n1 cases in Mexico.

Political rallies (upcoming elections): Max crowd limit, 1? person per sq meter. Candidate podiums 2.5 min distance from crowds.

HEALTH SECRETARY OF CHIAPAS
strategic plan: preventative measures, education, reduction of transmission (water, food, hygiene,

history:
Before: sending samples to Health Sec in DF, who decides to send samples for genetic tests to Canada or Atlanta.

Now: (intl personel and material) genetic tests being done in DF, with regional centres to be set up.

Stated classifying suspicious cases (using a criteria established by feds: inmunofluorescencia test)

Found no cases

Since then:
On april 28: established a new criteria: PCR tests, brought 60 results per day

then

On may 2-3 (sent april 24-27): the first PCR results.

10 cases PCR positive:
2 PCR positive (1 died, 1 hospitalized)
8 PCR positive (not hospitalized, sent home with medication).

104 patients PCR negative:
103 non-aggressive symptoms

85 samples returned from labs in Canada and Atlanta:
25 PCR positive, 10 negative

In whole state up to date: 5,000 symptomatic with influenza A

Ah1n1: pathogenicity: 1 person can infect 1.4 people; ordinary seasonal influenza has 1.2.

House to house checks
cities of sclc, ocosingo
sclc: 15,000 houses (on-going), 41 with colds, 18 with flu symptoms.

118 counties, health units established in each DIF.

6 new assigned regional centers with isolation wards (avg 15 beds each), equiped with new respirators

Health warnings and ed in the various indigenous languages

EDUCATION SECRETARY

Schools to reopen over period may 7-11, highschools/university then primary grades..

Before beginning of classes: Distribution of hygiene material, cleaning of schools, monitoring food prep.

Monitor children entering school supervised by and with personel from sec of health, if symptomatic, id their home and check household and send symtomatic cases to hosp/clinics for adequate treatment.

COMMERCE SECRETARY

Movie Theaters: seating assignment: people will have to seat themselves with 2 empty seats on either side, two rows empty either side. Full attendance calculated to be avg 15% capacity. Line ups to theatre people to stand a certain distance from each other.

Restaurants: seating arrangement: tables and people seperated by certain distance. No ties.

Govt compensation for businesses that were closed, 50 pesos per day for each worker (min wage), for 5 days.

Campaign of tourist promotion.

3500 taxi drivers to be given 500 pesos each as compensation.

Swine industry, 9500 pesos per farm as compensation, other monies to promote the industry.