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Health authorities in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires Thursday confirmed the first death due to Western equine encephalitis in the territory which was also the second nationwide. The victim was a 74-year-old woman with comorbidities from a semi-rural area. All 10 cases in the province -in General Viamonte, Junín, Leandro N. Alem, Arrecifes, Baradero, La Plata, Ramallo, Campana, and Bragado- required hospitalization, with only four of them discharged so far. ....

La Plata , Buenos Aires , Leandron Alem , San Luis , Distrito Federal , Departmental Emergency Coordination Centers Cecoed , Public Health , National Emergency System Sinae , Buenos Aires Thursday , General Viamonte , Departmental Emergency Coordination Centers , Director Santiago Caram ,