New vaccine against H1N1

It is already available in the private sector of the country a new vaccine against common influenza that further prevents virus H1N1.

Experts say that generally, the composition of the vaccine strains change every year because the influenza viruses mutate the gene structure.

Doctors recommend annual vaccination against influenza to avoid being attacked by the virus, due unlike the common flu, symptoms of the influenza are more severe and may even require hospitalization.

The incubation period of the virus in a person is two to four days and usually 50% of those infected develop clinical symptoms such as high fever, headache and muscle pain, fatigue, dry cough, nasal congestion, among others.