Via Cuba's Prensa Latina: Presidente boliviano recibe tratamiento preventivo por influenza. [Bolivian president receives preventive treatment for influenza] Except, with my translation:
El presidente boliviano, Evo Morales, recibe tratamiento preventivo contra la influenza A(H1N1), ante sospecha de contagio en la reciente Cumbre de la Unión de Naciones Sudamericanas (UNASUR), precisaron hoy autoridades sanitarias.
The Bolivian President Evo Morales is receiving preventive treatment against H1N1 after possible infection at the recent UNASUR summit, health authorities said today.
De acuerdo con el director nacional de Epidemiología, Eddy Martínez, el dignatario se somete a métodos profilácticos, al tiempo que descartó que padezca la enfermedad.
According to the national director of epidemiology, Eddy Martínez, the president is receiving prophylactic treament, while denying that he has contracted the disease.
En la ciudad de Bariloche (Argentina) en la cumbre de UNASUR, el pasado viernes dijo, Morales se sentó cerca de su par colombiano, Álvaro Uribe, a quien se le confirmó el virus,del cual se recupera de manera paulatina.
In Bariloche, Argentina, at the UNASUR summit last Friday, Martínez said, Morales was seated near his Colombian colleague Álvaro Uribe, who has since been confirmed as an H1N1 case and is recovering.
"Se inició el tratamiento utilizando el medicamento Tamiflu con fines preventivos", precisó Martínez.
"We have begun treatment using Tamiflu as a preventive measure," Martínez said.
