In Baikal remains a tense situation with a new influenza

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>In Transbaykal province remains tense situation with the incidence of high pathogenic flu. "However, it is under the control of the regional government", - said at a briefing in Chita, Deputy Prime Minister of the Trans-Baikal region Natalia Zhdanova.

According to the deputy prime minister, as of October 25 laboratory-confirmed 220 new cases of influenza. Its main center is located in Chita, but is sick and in 11 regions of the province. The main group of cases - children 7-14 years. Cases of illness in children attending preschools.

However, according to Natalia Zhdanova, 97 patients fully recovered. "The situation has stabilized the spread of SARS. Slightly decreased the number of calls the ambulance," - she pointed out. In secondary and higher education establishments Cheats introduced the so-called Mask mode. City Schools are closed until early November to early autumn holiday. It is reported by ITAR-TASS .

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</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">ULAN-UDE, October 26 (Itar-Tass) - The situation regarding the new highly pathogenic A/H1N1 influenza incidence rate persists in Russia?s Trans-Baikal Territory. ?However, it is controlled by the territorial government,? deputy head of the government of the Trans-Baikal Territory Natalya Zhdanova said at a briefing in Chita on Monday.
According to her, as of October 25, a total of 220 new flu cases have been confirmed by laboratory tests. The main hotbed of the disease is in Chita, but there are also cases in 11 districts of the territory. The main group of the diseased are children fro 7 to 14 years of age. Cases of the disease in kindergartens have also been registered.
According to Zhdanova, at the same time 97 patients have fully recovered. ?The situation with the spread of the acute respiratory viral infection has stabilised. The so-called ?mask regime? has been introduced in higher and secondary educational establishments of Chita. The city?s schools are closed until the end of November for early autumn holidays.

According to a weekly update of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the A/H1N1 influenza pandemic, as of 17 October 2009, worldwide there have been more than 414,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and nearly 5000 deaths reported to WHO. As many countries have stopped counting individual cases, particularly of milder illness, the case count is significantly lower than the actually number of cases that have occurred. WHO is actively monitoring the progress of the pandemic through frequent consultations with the WHO Regional Offices and member states and through monitoring of multiple sources of data.
Mongolia, Rwanda, and Sao Tome and Principe have reported pandemic influenza cases for the first time last week. Iceland, Sudan, and Trinidad and Tobago reported their first fatal cases.
In general, influenza activity in the northern hemisphere is much the same as in the last week, though respiratory disease activity continues to spread and increase in intensity. In North America, the USA is still reporting nationwide rates of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) well above baseline rates with high rates of pandemic H1N1 2009 virus detections in clinical laboratory specimens (29% of all specimens tested are positive for influenza A and all of those subtyped are pandemic H1N1 2009 virus.

Canada reports increases in ILI rates for the fourth straight week but the highest level of activity is in the western province of British Columbia. Mexico still reports active transmission in some areas of the country, WHO reported.
Although influenza activity is low in most countries in Europe, in Belgium, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, and parts of the United Kingdom consultation ILI/ARI rates are above baseline levels.

Similarly the number of influenza virus detections relatively high, which may indicate the early start of an influenza season. Rates of respiratory illness in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia are increasing but are not yet at levels normally seen in an influenza season (baseline levels are not defined in many countries of the area). Of note, the proportion of cases in Asia that are related to seasonal influenza A(H3N2) continue to decline globally as the proportion related to pandemic H1N1 2009 virus increases. Currently, only East Asia is reporting any significant numbers of influenza A(H3N2) isolates, it said.

According to WHO, in tropical areas of the world, rates of illness are generally declining, with a few exceptions. Cuba, Colombia, and El Salvador are reporting increases in the tropical region of the Americas. In tropical Asia, of the countries that are reporting this week, all report decreases in respiratory disease activity.
The temperate region of the southern hemisphere has no significant pandemic related activity in the past week.:tiphat: http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14468830&PageNum=0
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