Greece - Confirmed H1N1 flu cases - 1,500

[Gert van der Hoek]

Greece confirms first H1N1 flu case

18 May 2009

Source: Reuters

(adds confirmation, quotes, details)

ATHENS, May 18 (Reuters) - Greece confirmed its first case of H1N1 flu on Monday, a student who returned from the United States at the weekend.
Deputy Health Minister George Papageorgiou told a news conference initial tests confirmed the 19-year-old had the virus, adding: "This is not a heavy case, he is in very good condition."

The student felt the first symptoms on Sunday and was now in hospital where he would be put in isolation room, he said.

Papageorgiou added that members of the student's family were being tested.
The World Health Organisation said on Monday the H1N1 flu strain, also known as swine flu, was spreading fast in Japan and the world might be seeing an influenza pandemic unfold.

It has confirmed the virus, a mix of swine, human and avian viruses, in 40 countries.

The Greek Health Ministry has said the country has enough "strategic stocks" of Tamiflu and other antivirus medicine to treat 12 percent of the country's 11 million population. Two hospitals in Athens were equipped to treat swine flu patients.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LI701641.htm

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Re: Greece confirms first H1N1 flu case

Greece confirms new swine flu cases

27/05/2009

ATHENS, Greece -- The health ministry confirmed on Tuesday (May 26th) and Wednesday the country's second and third swine flu cases.

Medical tests showed a 21-year-old Greek national who recently returned from Edinburgh was infected with the H1N1 virus. He is being treated at home in the northern city of Thessaloniki, where his family is also under medical supervision.

A second young man, who returned from Edinburgh on the same flight, also tested positive for the H1N1 strain and is in hospital in Thessaloniki. The health ministry called an emergency meeting to discuss the two cases, but says it has taken all necessary measures to prevent an epidemic. Earlier this month, Greece registered its first case -- a student returning from the United States.

http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2009/05/27/nb-04

 

[FrenchieGirl]

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[Google Translation]

?Introduction? by New York
Four new cases of influenza confirmed in Greece

Athens

The fourth new case of influenza (I1N1) confirmed Friday afternoon. This is a Greek woman who returned from New York, which had a high fever and cough.

As broadcast television station Alpha, the woman received information on arrival at the International Airport and is expected to follow the procedure provided for hospitalization.

 

[FrenchieGirl]

Re: Greece - Confirmed H1N1 flu cases - 4

Re: Greece - Confirmed H1N1 flu cases - 4

Useful Link

Greece Ministry of Health

 

[FrenchieGirl]

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Eurosurveillance, Volume 14, Issue 21, 28 May 2009
Rapid communications
CLUSTER OF NEW INFLUENZA A(H1N1) CASES IN TRAVELLERS RETURNING FROM SCOTLAND TO GREECE ? COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION?
T Panagiotopoulos ()¹^,2, S Bonovas¹, K Danis¹^,2, D Iliopoulos¹, X Dedoukou¹, A Pavli¹, P Smeti¹, A Mentis³, A Kossivakis³, A Melidou⁴, E Diza⁴, D Chatzidimitriou⁴, E Koratzanis⁵, S Michailides⁵, E Passalidou⁵, P Kollaras⁶, P Nikolaides⁶, S Tsiodras¹^,7

• Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), Athens, Greece
• National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece
• National Influenza Reference Laboratory for Southern Greece (Hellenic Pasteur Institute), Athens, Greece
• National Influenza Reference Laboratory for Northern Greece, Second Department of Microbiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
• Department of Internal Medicine, Sismanogleio Hospital, Athens, Greece
• Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
• University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

<hr class="Centre_divider" style="position: relative; top: 1px; height: 1px; color: rgb(0, 92, 160); background-color: rgb(0, 92, 160); margin-bottom: 2px;">Citation style for this article: Panagiotopoulos T, Bonovas S, Danis K, Iliopoulos D, Dedoukou X, Pavli A, Smeti P, Mentis A, Kossivakis A, Melidou A, Diza E, Chatzidimitriou D, Koratzanis E, Michailides S, Passalidou E, Kollaras P, Nikolaides P, Tsiodras S. Cluster of new influenza A(H1N1) cases in travellers returning from Scotland to Greece ? community transmission within the European Union?. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(21)ii=19226. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19226
Date of submission: 28 May 2009<hr class="Centre_divider" style="position: relative; top: 1px; height: 1px; color: rgb(0, 92, 160); background-color: rgb(0, 92, 160); margin-bottom: 2px;">
On 26 and 27 May, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Greece reported two confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) virus infection in travellers returning from Scotland. The two cases had no apparent traceable links to an infectious source. Herein we report details of the two cases and potential public health implications.
<hr>Case report
Case 1
A 21-year old Greek man developed mild influenza-like illness on 24 May while in Edinburgh where he studies. Symptoms included cough and fever (39?C). On 25 May, he travelled to Athens in Greece and the next day, 26 May, he visited the outpatient department of one of the hospitals designated for influenza A(H1N1) in Athens. The examining physician decided to take a pharyngeal swab, which was tested at the National Influenza Reference Laboratory for Southern Greece, although the patient did not meet the European Union (EU) and national criteria for the new influenza A(H1N1) testing (?case under investigation?) [1]. The result of real time PCR was positive for the new influenza A(H1N1) virus (CDC kit). The patient reported no travel history to another place in the past 15 days. To his knowledge, he had no contact with a known case of influenza A(H1N1) or any sick person. However, on 21 May, he met a large number of people, mainly students and attended three student parties in the evenings of 21, 22 and 23 May. Furthermore, he spent a lot of time with his two room-mates and at least two other close friends, one of whom is case 2. The patient has not developed any complications and is in good condition.
Case 2
A 20-year old Greek man, a close friend and fellow student of case 1, developed mild influenza symptoms without complications, with fever (38?C), mild cough and myalgia, on 24 May. He travelled from Edinburgh to Thessaloniki in Greece on the previous day, 23 May. On 26 May he visited the AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki, after he had learnt about his friend?s (case 1) illness. A pharyngeal swab was taken and tested at the National Influenza Reference Laboratory for Northern Greece, and the real time-PCR test was positive for the new influenza A(H1N1) virus (CDC kit). This patient had also attended many of the same social events as case 1, including the party of 21 May, but he had not participated in the parties on 22 and 23 May. The last time he met his friend (case 1) was in the morning of 23 May, when he was leaving Edinburgh.
Contact tracing was carried out for close family members, room-mates, close friends and social contacts of both the confirmed cases, as well as for flight contacts of case 1, who was symptomatic during his airway travel. Chemoprophylaxis (oseltamivir) was administered to close contacts in Greece according to the national guidelines. All known contact details were communicated to Health Protection Scotland.
Discussion
Cases of human infection with influenza A(H1N1) are currently affecting geographically diverse areas around the world [2-4]. Person-to-person transmission has led to increasing numbers of cases in North America that are attributed mainly to local clusters especially in schools [3]. Nevertheless it appears that in areas with high population density sustained transmission within the community has occurred, mainly in Mexico and the United States, to date [2-3, 5]. So far, no sustained community transmission has been reported in Europe. However the situation is characterised as rapidly evolving [6] and similar clusters have been reported in Europe [7].
We herein report two cases of influenza A(H1N1) who most probably were not infected from one another, as their symptoms started almost simultaneously and their last person-to-person contact took place about 30 hours before symptom onset. It is likely they had a common exposure during one of their several community gatherings in Scotland with no traceable (at this point) link to the source of infection.
The two Greek cases of new influenza A(H1N1) who acquired infection in Scotland raise two possibilities. It is possible that a seeding event from an as yet unidentified traveller from an affected area with widespread sustained transmission (e.g. United States or Mexico) occurred. Whether this exposure happened during one of the gathering events both cases attended or in the community (since both cases had extensive and wide exposure to other community events) is unclear at this point. Secondly, there is a chance that institution-wide transmission has been taking place in the university the cases attend or widespread transmission exists in the community in the specific geographical area in Scotland that has led to the exposure of the two cases.
Several public health implications arise from the cases presented here. Firstly, cases of the new influenza A(H1N1) infection are for the first time confirmed in travellers from one European country to another, with no specific history of exposure to a traveller from Mexico or the United States and no traceable link to the source of infection. Although sustained human-to-human transmission within the country has not been confirmed in Scotland, a number of cases infected within the country have been reported from the United Kingdom [8].
Secondly, if measures for containment of the new virus continue to be implemented for some time in some of the less affected countries to delay spread, there is a need for an efficient mechanism ? at an international or at least European level ? for updating information about areas with ?sustained community transmission?.
Thirdly, at this stage of the new influenza A(H1N1) epidemic, community transmission can be established in any country without a known and well identified chain of transmission. This risk increases as we are entering the tourist season and as the number of countries reporting large numbers of confirmed cases is increasing. It is of concern that with the present EU definition of ?cases under investigation? [1], and with the practice this definition implies of testing for A(H1N1) of people with clinical symptoms and travel history to an ?affected area? (epidemiological link to a confirmed case or laboratory worker are exceptional at this stage in Europe), we are by definition going to miss cases infected locally in the event of established community transmission without known and identified chain(s) of transmission. For the present period (late spring-summer, minimal seasonal influenza activity), it is probably necessary to modify the present EU definition of ?cases under investigation? to also include clusters of patients with influenza-like illness, irrespective of travel history. If this were the case, our patients would have met the criteria for specific influenza A(H1N1) testing.
<hr>References

1. Commission Decision of 30 April 2009 amending Decision 2002/253/EC laying down case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision n? 21/19/98/EC. 2009/363/EC. Official Journal L 110/58. 01.05.2009. Available from: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:110:0058:0059:EN:PDF
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Outbreak of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus infection - Mexico, March-April 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 May 8;58(17):467-70.
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus infections in a school - New York City, April 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 May 8;58(17):470-2.
4. Novel swine-origin influenza A(H1N1) virus investigation team. Emergence of a novel swine-origin influenza A(H1N1) virus in humans. N Engl J Med 2009 [Epub ahead of print]
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Map: weekly influenza activity estimates, including novel H1N1 flu. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/update.htm
6. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Situation report. Influenza A (H1/N1) infection. 26 May 2009. Available from: http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/files/pdf/Health_topics/Situation_Report_090526_1700hrs.pdf
7. Health Protection Agency and Health Protection Scotland new influenza A(H1N1) investigation teams. Epidemiology of new influenza A(H1N1) in the United Kingdom, April ? May 2009. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(19)ii=19213. Available from: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19213
8. Health Protection Agency. Swine-lineage influenza A(H1N1). UK update. 27 May 2009. Available from:http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1243322117077

 

[FrenchieGirl]

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Re: Greece - Confirmed H1N1 flu cases - 5

30 year old man is the fifth victim infected with the swine flu virus in Greece

Дата: 01 June 2009 :: 10:15:41

Today was confirmed the fifth case of swine flu in Greece. The infected is a 30 year old man, who had arrived from New York few days ago. Right now he is in the Athenian hospital ?Sotiria.?

An announcement by the Ministry of Health says: ?Today a 30 year old man was diagnosed with the new flu A virus (H1N1). The patient is under medical supervision and all necessary procedures have been made. One of the last three patients has been cured and sent home on Saturday and the other two are still in the hospital with mild symptoms. We should note that there are no reasons for worry. The health services are aware and ready to act in all cases.?

The infected man has arrived in Athens with an airplane from New York and he had not had any symptoms prior to his arrival at the airport. After half a day, he felt ill-disposed and went to a private doctor, who advised him to go and be tested in a hospital. The results showed that the young man is infected with swine flu and he was immediately admitted in ?Sotiria? hospital, where he will stay to be treated for the next five days.

The Ministry of Health announced that Greece is in the first stage of the flu dissemination, which is good news. In this stage, the infection comes in the country from abroad and all infected are identified easier and sent for medical treatment.

According to Reuters, at least 15 920 people in 57 countries have been officially infected with the H1N1 virus.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Re: Greece - Confirmed H1N1 flu cases - 7

New case of swine flu confirmed in Greece

published on 11.06.2009

Greece / Athens. The seventh pig flu case in Greece was announced yesterday
where. It is a 28-year-old woman who has arrived from Boston. The woman is
specifically for Disease Control Athens Seismanoglio-equipped hospital.

Already on Tuesday was a 24-year-old student in the same hospital were. He
was from London to Athens entered. Even when it confirmed the suspicion of a
Infection with the H1N1 virus. Altogether seven cases have been confirmed in Greece.
(Greece Newspapers / eh)

http://www.griechenland.net/news_details.php?siteid=6994

 

[somebodyoutthere]

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Just saw this news report - the information is very sketchy. Anyone know more about the situation? Have they been quarantined?

H1N1 Flu Interrupts Students' Trip to Greece
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The H1N1 flu virus has disrupted a trip to Greece for some local students because several people became ill.

Forty-eight students from Gardner-Edgerton High School, as well as tour leaders and chaperones, are there.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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20 cases of swine flu in Greece now

Дата: 14 June 2009 :: 19:33:33


The cases of swine flu in Greece have already reached 20, after the 20-year old Peruvian girl’s tests turned out positive. The girl came in Greece from New York. Her symptoms were light, therefore she was not hospitalized and is under home-treatment. Out of all 20 cases, 8 are completely healed and sent home, and 12 continue their prescribed therapy. Early on Saturday, 5 new cases have been registered with the dangerous virus. One of them is of a 11-month baby, contaminated with the H1N1 virus on the Cycladic island Naxos. This is the first case of internal contamination.

The baby was most likely infected by its 15-yar old cousin, who developed the illness a day after her return from New York. Yesterday afternoon he baby was transported with a helicopter to Athens where it is being currently treated. The rest of the cases registered yesterday are of a 30-year old woman, Greek, and 3 Americans of ages 51, 16 and 18, arrived in Greece from the USA. The day before, in Friday, the Minister of health Dimitris Avramopoulos announced 6 more cases, among which the one of a 8-month old baby, also arrived from New York.

In most cases, the form of the disease is moderate and the patients are discharged for home-treatment. The National Pandemic Commission will hold a meeting in order to discuss Greece’s ability to handle the situation. Minister Avramopoulos noted a couple of times that in respect to medicines, hospital rooms and medical personnel, the country is prepared to deal with any future cases of the disease. All the correspondent departments are on stand-by for September, when a sharp increase of the number of the infected with the A flu virus is expected.

http://www.grreporter.info/statiaen.php?mysid=2183&t=32&SESID=4rrgn8ia5t76f803ugpu5vq4r2

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Re: Greece - Confirmed H1N1 flu cases - 25

17
JUN
2009

Greece Confirms Two More H1N1 Cases


Two more H1N1 cases were detected Wednesday in Greece, raising the total number of the people who have been tested positive to the dangerous virus to 25. 11 of them have been fully cured.

The new cases are a 24-year-old woman who came from the USA and a 9-year-old child that came from Australia.

The Health Ministry said things are under control, underlining that the disease?s symptoms are mild.

http://news.ert.gr/en/23696-dyo-nea-krousmata-stin-ellada.htm

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Greece: First new flu cases in Larissa confirmed

19. June 2009. | 11:59 12:05

Source: EMportal, ANA

The first two instances of the new flu virus A(H1N1) outside the capital of Greece have been detected in Larissa, central Greece, it was announced on Thursday.

The first two instances of the new flu virus A(H1N1) outside the capital of Greece have been detected in Larissa, central Greece, it was announced on Thursday. The instances concern a 33-year-old local woman and her 25-month-old son, who have recently returned from the US.

The National Health Operations Center confirmed the laboratory results on Wednesday, while the woman's relatives and colleagues were called for testing at the Larissa General Hospital, but tested negative for the virus.

The woman and toddler were found to have a mild case of the virus, and would be following medical treatment at home.

The woman and her child returned from a visit to the US on Sunday, with flu symptoms, and went to the Larissa hospital, where she and the toddler received preventive treatment and samples taken were found to be positive. The test results were confirmed Wednesday evening by the Pasteur Institute in Greece.

A total of 30 new flu cases have been detected in Greece, all of them in mild form.

http://www.emportal.rs/en/news/region/91554.html

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Thirty Five confirmed (swine flu) virus A cases in Greece

Πηγή: Express.gr 19/06/09-16:50

Four new A H1N1 (swine flu) cases were detected today 19 June 2009 in Greece. A Greek 37 years old man who came from Canada, a 13 Y/O Greek girl from Australia, a Greek boy 3,5 years and american boy 3,5 years both came from US.

As it was announced on 19-06-2009 (16:30 local time), confirmed cases in Greece rise to Thirty Five (35). Fortunately 16 patients have been totally cured.

http://www.express.gr/news/ellada/182544oz_20080225182544.php3

 

[FrenchieGirl]

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[Google Translation from Russian]

The number of cases influenza A/H1N1 in Greece has risen to 42 people
RIA Novosti. Somov

19:33 20/06/2009
Blog Alexei Bogdanovsky

ATHENS, June 20 - RIA Novosti, Alexei Bogdanovsky. The number of cases influenza A/H1N1 in Greece has risen to 42 people during the day noted seven new cases reported on Saturday SSA countries.

Ill woman and the boy, who came from the United States, a student from Scotland, as well as relatives of former residents of affected countries, states the report.

The geography of the disease include Athens, Thessaloniki and the city of Larissa in central Greece.

World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on 19 June 44 thousand 287 human cases of influenza A/H1N1 in 95 countries and territories, 180 patients died.

WHO on 11 June for the first time in more than 40 years, officially announced the introduction of the sixth, the highest level of the threat of a pandemic due to the rapid spread of global influenza A/H1N1.

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[Note: as of 19 June 2009, WHO reported cases from Greece number 31]

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Re: Greece - Confirmed H1N1 flu cases - 48

48 confirmed (swine flu) virus A cases in Greece

Πηγή: Express.gr 21/06/09-22:34

Seven (7) new A H1N1 (swine flu) cases were detected today 21 June 2009 in Greece until 18:00 local time. A four years Australian boy man who came from Melbourne, a 2,5 years boy from Greece, a Greek couple who came from US, a Greek 58 Y/O woman came from Canada, a man 24 and a man 20 years old both American who came from United States of America.

As it was announced confirmed cases in Greece rise to forty eight (48). Fortunately 18 patients have been totally cured.

http://www.express.gr/news/news-in-english/183040oz_20090621183040.php3

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Re: Greece - Confirmed H1N1 flu cases - 66

Greece reported 66 H1N1 cases

25. June 2009. |

Eight new H1N1 cases have been confirmed lately in Greece, raising the number of the people infected to 66. All eight patients came to Greece from abroad, including the USA, Australia and Britain.

Eight new H1N1 cases have been confirmed lately in Greece, raising the number of the people infected to 66. All eight patients came to Greece from abroad, including the USA, Australia and Britain.

The Health Ministry keeps noting that the situation in under control and that the symptoms developed are mild.

The new cases are a 46-year-old male of Greek origin who returned from the USA, a 19-year-old woman of Greek origin who returned from Britain, an 18-year-old male of Greek origin who returned from Australia, a 15-year-old US citizen who came from the USA, three members of a Greek family, who returned from the USA and a 12-year-old girl of Greek origin who was close to an infected person in the States.

Health agencies in Greece have aid that they are on standby to address any cases.

http://www.emportal.rs/en/news/region/92050.html

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Re: Greece - Confirmed H1N1 flu cases - 70

New flu cases in Greece reach 70, all mild

Πηγή: ΑΠΕ 25/06/09-14:08

ANA-MPA/The number of new flu A(H1N1) cases in Greece have reached 70, the National Center for Health Operations (EKEPY) announced on Thursday, after three new incidents were confirmed earlier in the day.

The new cases concern a 14-year-old teenager and a 43-year-old woman, both Australian nationals who recently arrived in Greece from Australia, while the third concerns a 26-year-old man of Greek descent, who EKEPY said had been in close contact with an earlier confirmed case from the US.

Of the 70 total cases, 23 have been completely cured, while the remaining patients are undergoing treatment.

http://www.express.gr/news/news-in-english/184206oz_20090625184206.php3

 

[FrenchieGirl]

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A/H1N1 flu cases in Greece reach 88

www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-30 05:23:54

ATHENS, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The number of A/H1N1 flu infections in Greece has reached 88, after two new cases were confirmed on Monday, according to the Greek National Center for Health Operations (EKEPY).

Of the 88 cases, 31 have fully recovered, while others are mild and still receiving treatment, the EKEPY said.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Re: Greece - Confirmed H1N1 flu cases - 107

107 swine flu cases in Greece

Дата: 02 July 2009 ::


The swine flu infections in Greece are now 170 (typo ?,ed) and 6 of them are from the last 24 hours. One of the infected is a health-attendant from ?Shishmanoglio? hospital, which specializes in infectious and contagious diseases. Hospitalized there are more of the infected with the new virus. Doctors believe that the health-attendant got infected in intensive care, where a group of doctors from the National Epidemiological Center of Greece have arrived. The infected health-attendant is prescribed with the same treatment as the other patients.

It is characteristic for this stage that the illness is mild but virus experts and epidemiologists warn that towards the winter symptoms will become stronger. The Health Ministry reassures all citizens that all carriers of the H1N1 virus have been detected during the early stage and everything is under control. The ministry is expecting the number of infected to increase, because worldwide this virus is pandemic but the symptoms remain mild.

The new swine flu cases are: a 20 year old Greek-British girl, who arrived from the UK, one 27 year old Cyprian-American, who arrived from the US, two Greek women ? 27 and 19 years old, who had a contact with previously infected people, and two more Greek man ? 35 and 34 years old, who also had a contact with infected patients. The National Epidemiology Center of Greece continues the investigation on the four cases, infected inside the country.

From the 107 infected with the new flu, 31 have fully recovered.

http://www.grreporter.info/statiaen.php?mysid=2271&t=32&SESID=ru57k98dt3fch85396j3j3r3q0

 

[FrenchieGirl]

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Re: Greece - Confirmed H1N1 flu cases - 140

Confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases in Greece rise to 140
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-05 05:36:16

ATHENS, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases in Greece has now reached 140, of which 52 have made a full recovery, the National Center for Health Operations (EKEPY) reported on Saturday.

All the new cases of the H1N1 virus found involved people who had recently come to Greece from abroad, such as a group of students from the United States and two people just returned from a trip to Britain.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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New (swine) flu cases in Greece soar to 151

Πηγή: Express.gr 06/07/09-16:06

The Greek Health Ministry confirmed yet another four H1N1 case, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 151.

It is a man, 46, of Greek origin who arrived from the USA, a woman, 19, of British origin who came from the United Kingdom, a man 34, of Greek origin who also came from the United Kingdom and a 27-year-old Spaniard who came from Spain.

Of the 151 cases, 54 have been fully cured. The Health Ministry rest everybody assured that the situation is under control.

http://www.express.gr/news/news-in-english/188356oz_20090706188356.php3