The 15th victim from the beginning of the winter: the man died about a week after he was first admitted • 35 people were hospitalized this past week due to complications of the disease
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A 41-year-old man passed away yesterday at Sheba Hospital from flu complications. He is the 15th victim in the number who died from influenza since the beginning of the winter season. Also deceased is a one and a half year old baby girl and a 14 year old girl.
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The patient was transported to the Sheba hospital from Assaf the doctor, following a complication of the flu. The deceased witnessed his current hospitalization without any background illness. The man had heart failure, and was connected to an "ACMO" device designed to replace and simulate heart and lung activity. As mentioned, despite the efforts after about a week, his death was determined.
Jacob Litzman vaccines against the flu // Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon
Thirty-five people were hospitalized during the past week in serious condition due to influenza complications. Since the beginning of the winter season, 133 severely ill patients, including 39 children, have been admitted. The number of patients is higher than in the corresponding period last year (57) and two years ago (108), but this is mainly explained by an increase in reports that are transferred from hospitals to health bureaus. The number of people declining is lower than in the corresponding period last year (20) and two years ago (51).
According to the Center for Disease Control, referrals to clinics, due to influenza-like morbidity, are higher than the peak of previous years - 2010-2018. The Ministry of Health has managed to purchase another 100,000 flu vaccines that will arrive in Israel in two weeks and be distributed to health funds.
"We received the vaccine very late, not our fault, but it is the World Health Organization that defines the vaccine vaccine. As a result, the proportion of people we have vaccinated has been low. , Jacob Litzman this week at a press conference addressing the shortage of influenza vaccines.
Ministry of Health Director General Moshe Barr Good Sign: "Last year we had to destroy vaccines and also in swine flu in 2009 1.35 dictionary of vaccines were destroyed. We have called on the public to come out and get vaccinated and now we are exhausting the inventory and more needs to be ordered. Among a population at risk, we met our goals. 56 percent of those aged 65 and over are vaccinated, and we are at 3-4 in the OECD, in terms of the rate of vaccines in this age group. We did not see a need to prioritize giving vaccines only to the at-risk groups. We are ordering another 100,000 vaccines. I hope that next October we will be calling the public in October and that the public will answer the call faster. And if more is needed, we will order more. "