MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaragua's government declared a health alert for new cases of bird flu or influenza A/H1N1 and influenza A/H3N2, which were located in hospitals and health centers in three regions of the country, it was reported officially on Monday.
Government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo, official media reported that the Ministry of Health requested the alert due to the detection of new cases of the flu, which were located in the Local Integrated Health Care, the capital of Estelí and Chontales, located in the north and center of the country.
"From July of 2012 reported cases of H1N1, but so far this year, two months and one week, there have been 21 cases of influenza A. In the full year of 2012 were 121 and in two months (of 2013) we have been 21, "said Murillo.
Of the new cases detected, 13 were positive for H3N2 and H1N1 positive eight...
