Bulgaria Swine Flu Fatalities Increase, 13 Deaths Confirmed

[Gert van der Hoek]

Bulgaria Swine Flu Fatalities Increase, 12 Deaths Confirmed

Society | November 12, 2009, Thursday


Medical authorities have announced on Thursday that the total number of confirmed deaths from swine flu in Bulgaria has risen to twelve.

This followed an announcement earlier on the same day which confirmed that another person, a citizen of Razgrad, had also died of complications caused by the virus.

Tests carried out by the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) have now confirmed that a 33-year-old woman who died in a Shumen hospital on November 8, had contracted swine flu.

Krasimira Yankova, who came from Radko Dimitrievo, a village near Shumen, died of double pneumonia on Sunday, becoming the 11th victim.

Initial rapid tests had failed to show evidence of swine flu, but the test samples sent to the NRL confirmed the presence of the A(H1N1) virus, according to Dr.Victor Minchev, Director of the Shumen general hospital.

Medical staff are now trying to track down anyone who may have been in contact with the victim.

Bulgaria's Chief Epidemiologist, Dr. Angel Kunchev, has stated that 634 cases of swine flu have been positively identified with a total of 1673 cases being tested.

Dr. Kunchev has explained that, from a medical point of view, there is no point in mass testing for the A(H1N1) flu, because 90% of the cases have that virus.

He has stated that the epidemic strain replaces all the others, and becomes the one that mainly circulates, and pointed out that, at the moment, a few tens of thousands in Bulgaria suffer from this flu virus.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Bulgaria Swine Flu Fatalities Increase, 13 Deaths Confirmed

Thirteenth Swine Flu Death in Bulgaria

Society | November 16, 2009, Monday

Bulgaria's Health Ministry has reported the thirteenth swine flu death in the country.

The ministry says a 36-year-old female swine flue patient died in the Black Sea town of Burgas after being admitted in hospital twenty days ago with double pneumonia.

Doctors fought for her life and used the latest and most up top date facilities in her treatment, but failed to save her.

Before her death the woman, who was pregnant, lost her baby.

This was the thirteenth reported death from swine flu in Bulgaria. The first fatality occurred at the beginning of October.

Meantime, the swine flu vacation continues for schools in Dobrich, Dimitrovgrad, Ruse and Silistra, Until Wednesday, schools will be closed in the city and region of Burgas.

Schools in Varna city and region are re-opening their doors, but the flu epidemic alert in the region has not been cancelled.

The restrictions, which are to remain in place until November 20, refer to planned admissions to hospital and to surgical activities, as well as being applied to hospital visitors.

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