Russia - Confirmed Cases H1N1 - 35

[FrenchieGirl]

[Google Translation]

Arrived in Moscow, a citizen of Belarus sick influenza A/H1N1

Published: May 29, 2009 10:55:08

This is the third confirmed case formally identify ?pig flu? in Russia

Influenza A/H1N1 virus is detected in a citizen of Belarus, who arrived in Moscow on a business trip. After treatment, she feels fine now and will be discharged from the hospital, the First Channel. For all those who communicated with the patient in Russia, a new flu symptoms were not found.

The woman in question, arrived in Moscow on May 25 from Prague, and before that, from 19 to 22 May, she was in New York. Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko said that the May 26 put her in hospital in Moscow, and tests confirmed ?pig influenza?.

"She received treatment in accordance with the required standards. We have not been busy on the situation of our colleagues from Belarus, because the woman has not been linked to Belarus and lives in Italy," - said the chief sanitary doctor. Remember, two Russians, who first found the pig flu, also recovered.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Russia - Confirmed Cases H1N1 - 4

Re: Russia - Confirmed Cases H1N1 - 4

4 confirmed cases seems a rather low number , compared to other countries.

Russia reports fourth A/H1N1 flu case

14.07.2009, 21.35


MOSCOW, July 14 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia has reported the fourth A/H1N1 flu case, the Ekho Moskvy radio said with the reference to Russian Chief Public Health Official Gennady Onishchenko.

The 19-year-old man had just returned from Ibiza, Spain. He was taken to hospital directly from the Domodedovo Airport. The patient has a mild fever and receives all the necessary medications, Onishchenko said.

Meanwhile, the virus was officially confirmed for 113,507 persons worldwide, including 549 lethal cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The flu mortality rate is 0.5%.

The screening of passengers, who arrive in Russia from flu zones, continues. ?A total of 6,822 flights, 537,106 passengers and 47,227 crewmembers have been screened since April 30, 2009,? the Federal Consumer Rights and Human Well Being Service said.

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14146562&PageNum=0

 

[FrenchieGirl]

Re: Russia - Confirmed Cases H1N1 - 4

Re: Russia - Confirmed Cases H1N1 - 4

Two fresh cases of A(H1N1) flu in Russia

17.07.2009, 10.28

Moscow, July 17 (Itar-Tass) --Two girls in Ramenskoye city of the Moscow Region were hospitalized with the A(H1N1) flu upon returning from Cyprus, the Information Department of the Emergency Situations Ministry told ITAR-TASS on Friday, July 17.

"On July 15 a citizen of Ramenskoye was brought to the Ramenskoye Regional Hospital with a suspected case of A(H1N1) flu after returning from Cyprus together with a friend, a father, a mother and a sister. All the contacts were taken under control and are being closely observed", - the Ministry said. The tests confirmed the diagnosis (the swine flu) in the girl and her friend.

 

[FrenchieGirl]

Re: Russia - Confirmed Cases H1N1 - 10

Re: Russia - Confirmed Cases H1N1 - 10

Russia confirms 10th A/H1N1 flu case

2009-07-18 22:44:09

MOSCOW, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Russia's confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases have risen to 10 after one new case was registered in southwestern Siberia, the RIA Novosti news agency reported on Saturday.

The new patient, a 14-year-old girl from the Tomsk region, contracted the flu virus on a trip to Britain, a source with the regional administration said.

Russia's chief sanitary official, Gennady Onishchenko, said on Friday that all patients diagnosed with the flu were those who had returned to Russia from holidays or business trips abroad.

Onishchenko said none of them were in a serious condition.

 

[FrenchieGirl]

Re: Russia - Confirmed Cases H1N1 - 35

Thirty five people confirmed with swine flu in Russia

? http://www.pr.ua
15:0330/07/2009

MOSCOW, July 30 (RIA Novosti) - A total of 35 people have been diagnosed with the swine flu virus in Russia, the country's chief sanitary official told Ekho Moskvy radio on Thursday.

"A total of 35 patients have been registered to date. This has been confirmed by all the tests available in Russia," Gennady Onishchenko said, adding that the number of confirmed infections could rise by this evening.

He said 69 people with either confirmed or suspected swine flu infection currently remain in Moscow's hospital for infectious diseases, 14 of whom were admitted in the past 24 hours. The hospital is currently able to receive 160 patients in wards set aside for swine flu patients.

A source in the hospital earlier said that at least 90 people have been admitted with suspected swine flu.

The first batch of a vaccine against the A/H1N1 swine flu virus is expected to be ready in Russia by October 1.

Onishchenko said Russia would produce 16 million doses of the swine flu vaccine by the end of the year.

The total number of laboratory confirmed A/H1N1 cases stands at 168,895 worldwide, with 1,012 deaths.