UNDIAGNOSED FATALITIES - VENEZUELA: (BOLIVAR) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

UNDIAGNOSED FATALITIES - VENEZUELA:
(BOLIVAR) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Date: Thu 14 Apr 2011
Source: Agencia Carabobena de Noticias (ACN) [in Spanish, trans.
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<http://www.acn.com.ve/actualidad/salud/item/24955-virus-desconocido-matÃ³-a-seis-niÃ±os-de-la-etnia-warao.html>

The Minister for Indigenous Peoples, Nicia Maldonado, stated that recently 6 children of the Warao ethnic group have died, victims of a virus, in Bolivar state. The results of laboratory tests in Caracas to identify the virus are awaited.

The children presented "an infectious clinical picture and samples taken were sent to Caracas to determine which virus" caused the deaths, Maldonado explained for 'Venezolana de Television' from one of the Warao communities in Bolivar, in the south of Venezuela.

The minister said that one of the children was never taken to a hospital, while the other 2 were taken to a medical center, but were not hospitalized.

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