The United States will release its entire stock of children's Tamiflu antivirals as the pediatrics H1N1 flu toll spiked well above the annual toll for kids from seasonal flu. The Director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Thomas Frieden said until now, there have been 114 laboratory-confirmed deaths among children. The highest pediatrics death toll from seasonal flu in the past three years was 88. Frieden said along with the spike in child (A)H1N1 flu deaths, the US has seen more hospitalizations in people under the age of 65 than in most entire flu seasons. He said Federal health authorities were releasing the entire US stock of liquid Tamiflu antivirals for children. Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation, in its latest update, said more than 5,700 people have died of H1N1 flu worldwide since the virus was first uncovered in April. The biggest rise was recorded in the Americas region, where 4,175 deaths have now been reported to the WHO.<br/>
News On AIR | October 31, 2009 7:02 PM
US to release its entire stock of children's Tamiflu antiviral