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Dozens Hospitalized in Serious Condition Amid Swine Flu Outbreak in Israel
Health providers have ordered an additional inventory of 130,000 vaccine doses which should arrive in coming weeks
Ido Efrati
Jan 06, 2020 11:54 PM
The number of cases of the flu is continuing to rise in all age groups and regions in the country, according to the weekly report of the Health Ministry’s Center for Disease Control.
The number of visits to clinics and hospitals due to flu symptoms and pneumonia, which is a common complication, is about 18 per 1,000 people, compared to 7 per 1,000 in the same period last year, says the center. The increase is seen mainly in those under age 2 and over age 65, but there is an increase in other age groups as well compared to previous years. The occupancy rate in hospital children’s wards rose in the past week from 107 percent to 113 percent.
About 90 percent of the samples of flu patients are of the H1N1 virus, known as swine flu. About 30 flu patients, including some children, are in serious condition. Since the beginning of winter 170 Israelis, including 45 children, have been hospitalized in serious condition, and there have been 16 deaths...
Dozens Hospitalized in Serious Condition Amid Swine Flu Outbreak in Israel
Health providers have ordered an additional inventory of 130,000 vaccine doses which should arrive in coming weeks
Ido Efrati
Jan 06, 2020 11:54 PM
The number of cases of the flu is continuing to rise in all age groups and regions in the country, according to the weekly report of the Health Ministry’s Center for Disease Control.
The number of visits to clinics and hospitals due to flu symptoms and pneumonia, which is a common complication, is about 18 per 1,000 people, compared to 7 per 1,000 in the same period last year, says the center. The increase is seen mainly in those under age 2 and over age 65, but there is an increase in other age groups as well compared to previous years. The occupancy rate in hospital children’s wards rose in the past week from 107 percent to 113 percent.
About 90 percent of the samples of flu patients are of the H1N1 virus, known as swine flu. About 30 flu patients, including some children, are in serious condition. Since the beginning of winter 170 Israelis, including 45 children, have been hospitalized in serious condition, and there have been 16 deaths...