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Three new suspected cases of swine flu in Bulgaria
Wed, Jun 03 2009
Three Bulgarian citizens were suspected to be carriers of the H1N1 flu strain and were under constant medical supervision, healthcare officials said on June 3. The patients were from the towns of Smolyan, Blagoevgrad and Plovdiv.
The number of Bulgarian patients infected with swine flu could go further up in the coming days, with the ministry investigating a report that an unknown number of Bulgarians had been travelling with a German national who had been diagnosed with the virus, the head of Bulgaria's healthcare inspectorate, Tencho Tenev, told reporters.
Medical tests on the three patients would be completed within 48 hours, Health Minister Evgeni Zhelev said, as quoted by Dnevnik daily.
The Bulgarian Health Ministry confirmed that the country officially joined the list of countries affected by the swine flu pandemic on June 1. The virus was discovered on a Bulgarian citizen who flew in from New York, via Amsterdam, and arrived in Sofia on May 27.
The person developed respiratory problems, cough and high fever - symptoms of the H1N1 strain - on May 29. He has been hospitalised and is reportedly in a stable condition. Medical tests conducted on his relatives have so far come back negative for the H1N1 strain, the ministry said on June 2.
Wed, Jun 03 2009
Three Bulgarian citizens were suspected to be carriers of the H1N1 flu strain and were under constant medical supervision, healthcare officials said on June 3. The patients were from the towns of Smolyan, Blagoevgrad and Plovdiv.
The number of Bulgarian patients infected with swine flu could go further up in the coming days, with the ministry investigating a report that an unknown number of Bulgarians had been travelling with a German national who had been diagnosed with the virus, the head of Bulgaria's healthcare inspectorate, Tencho Tenev, told reporters.
Medical tests on the three patients would be completed within 48 hours, Health Minister Evgeni Zhelev said, as quoted by Dnevnik daily.
The Bulgarian Health Ministry confirmed that the country officially joined the list of countries affected by the swine flu pandemic on June 1. The virus was discovered on a Bulgarian citizen who flew in from New York, via Amsterdam, and arrived in Sofia on May 27.
The person developed respiratory problems, cough and high fever - symptoms of the H1N1 strain - on May 29. He has been hospitalised and is reportedly in a stable condition. Medical tests conducted on his relatives have so far come back negative for the H1N1 strain, the ministry said on June 2.
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