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Report two deaths from pneumonia of unknown origin in Argentina

Samples of identified cases are being investigated. | Font: AFP / Directory

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Two people have died, four more are visitingbilateral pneumonia in the province Tucumannorth of Argentina, and the origin of the outbreak, which is not consistent with COVID-19, influenza or flu, is being investigated, health authorities said.

“The common thing for these patients is a severe respiratory illness with bilateral pneumonia and adherence to images that are very similar to COVID-19, but this is out of the question,” said Tucumán Provincial Health Minister. Louis Medina Ruiz.

“Among the possible causes, of course, there are infectious and others, toxic or environmental, so we analyze water, air conditioner emissions, that is, other situations that give rise to such episodes,” he added.

Samples from ‘six cases of pneumonia of unknown origin’ being examined in a lab Malbran Institutea major benchmark in the country, the national health ministry said in a statement.

The evolution of cases

All six cases presented bilateral pneumoniaTwo of them have died, three have been hospitalized, and the rest are in good health in self-isolation at home, the ministry said.

The cases correspond to five healthcare workers and a patient from the intensive care unit of a nursing home in San Miguel de Tucumán (1300 km north of Buenos Aires), who developed symptoms between the 18th and 22nd of this month, the official part .

He said that since August 22, no new cases have been identified. The health center has been isolated.

This Wednesday, the second death occurred. This is a 45-year-old man with comorbidities who has been hospitalized since August 21, according to the regional health ministry. (AFP)


Source: RPP

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