Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
See also this thread on a surge in pneumonia cases : http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=128731
Note: "SARS" should be read as "ILI" (Influenza Like Illness) .
google translated
Influenza A1/H1N1 comes to schools of Moscow and the Frunze district
PETERSBURG, October 19. In the schools of Moscow and the Frunze district growing number of children ill with the highly flu A1/H1N1.
The Committee on Health Rosbalt confirmed that in recent days, several pupils at the school number 604 Frunze district hospitalized in an urban children's infectious diseases hospital № 5 with suspected influenza A (H1N1) 09.
According to preliminary information, two students became ill during the past week, six more did not come to class on Saturday, October 17.
According to Rosbalt, 8 cases of children "swine flu" has already been confirmed in St. Petersburg. This school is closed. However, it is not clear, classes canceled because of the declared quarantine or for the transfer of vacation.
Recall that on Friday night in St. Petersburg Office Rospotrebnadzor reported on suspicion of "swine flu" at the student's 7 th grade this school.
The head of the Frunze district Terenty Mescheryakov denied media reports that the school is closed due to quarantine for influenza.
According to Rosbalt in the press service of the Office of Rospotrebnadzor St. Petersburg, so far officially reported 24 cases of diseases of high pathogenic flu type A (H1N1) 09.
Last, the 24 th case of influenza type A (H1N1) 09 was detected in a child 8 years old, a student of a school in the Moscow district of Saint Petersburg. In Rospotrebnadzor assure that all contact the school examined by pediatricians, all children with signs of SARS were examined, survey results are negative.
School staff also examined by a physician, patients were not identified. On October 7 the whole class, where learning sick child, dissolved in 7-day quarantine, the children established medical observation. All contact is conducted emergency prevention.
Note that at present in St. Petersburg officially been 24 confirmed cases of high pathogenic flu type A (H1N1) 09.
Of the 24 diseased - a Spanish citizen, a citizen of the United States and 22 residents of St. Petersburg, including 8 children aged 9 months to 13 years. No fatal outcomes.
http://www.rosbalt.ru/2009/10/19/681447.html
All schools will close Chita quarantined due to SARS epidemic
All secondary schools will Chita on October 20 for the week closed for quarantine due to SARS epidemic, reports "Interfax". As previously reported, the city has already closed two of college, technical school, college and three schools.
According to Rospotrebnadzor, to date, the epidemic threshold for influenza and SARS exceeded, except for Chita, in St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Barnaul, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Yakutsk, Khabarovsk, Russia, Abakan and the Sakhalin region.
With the increasing incidence of these infections have been closed to quarantine the individual classrooms and entire schools in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Khabarovsk Krai and other regions of Russia.
As noted by the employee of the Rospotrebnadzor Transbaykal edge Natalia Rodina, Chita closing schools is not associated with the spread of pandemic influenza H1N1. At the same time over the weekend the number of reported cases of this infection in the province increased from 59 to 91 persons.
"Of the total number of cases - 41 children, including 32 schoolchildren. Of the 50 ill adults - 28 students. Of the 91 rights of 11 newly arrived from China - from Manchuria or Hailar", - quotes RIA Novosti news service regional management Rospotrebnadzor.
According to WHO, the incidence of SARS in most European countries is still low.
http://medportal.ru/mednovosti/news/2009/10/19/chita/
All schools and colleges closed Chita quarantined due to flu outbreak
RIA Novosti.
Ruslan Krivobok
12:58 19/10/2009
CHITA, October 19 - RIA Novosti. Rospotrebnadzor going from Tuesday because of the outbreak of Swine flu in Chita, close to two weeks of quarantine, all schools, universities and vocational schools, told RIA Novosti on Monday, the representative of the district administration Rospotrebnadzor.
Over the past two weeks in Chita has been an increase in the number of cases of influenza A/H1N1. Symptoms of influenza A/H1N1 very similar to the symptoms of SARS and other types of influenza, but are much more aggressive. Over the weekend the number of cases of influenza of a new type of edge has grown from 59 to 91 persons.
At the quarantine in the city have already closed two colleges, schools and colleges, three schools, and dormitories of colleges and schools, where the identified cases.
The first cases of influenza A/H1N1 in Chita, were found on October 3.
Documents are not signed yet, but the decision on the two-week quarantine in the growing incidence of acute respiratory accepted. Compensate for this break is due to holidays, "- the source said.
Of the total number of cases of influenza A/H1N1 in the region of 41 children, including 32 schoolchildren. Of the 50 ill adults - 28 students. Of the 91 rights of 11 recently arrived from China - from Manchuria or Hailar. In Chita registered 82 cases, nine - in four municipal districts. Of the 27 previously hospitalized patients 16 had already been discharged. Total recovered 42 people.
http://www.rian.ru/society/20091019/189592126.html
Number of Krasnoyarsk, diseased swine flu has risen to 45 people
Edit: number of confirmed cases in the Krasnoyarsk school has risen to 53.
About half of the river college dormitory now in hospital
Jan BOGATYREVA - 19.10.2009
Number of Krasnoyarsk, diseased swine influenza has increased many times. Today, 45 beds are occupied infektsionki cadets Krasnoyarsk vocational school № 2 (riverine). On Friday morning the kids one by one ambulance were taken from the dormitory.
Of the 22 people "suspected" diagnosis was confirmed only in four. But over the weekend figure in times increased.
By the way, guys still do not know what sick really. The doctors probably do not want to scare them. They say, ordinary flu.
- We ask for treating, is it true that pork seized. And they say: "Yeah, and another cat," - laughing one of the "hermits" infektsionki Lesch. - Actually, we are healthy. Today, write down the promise.
So, nothing dangerous ...
Meanwhile, today in Krasnoyarsk Territory Government plans emergency meeting, which will think what to do with a dangerous infection. And infektsionku with quarantine shoot until resolved. So it seems a little strange that the students, the sick swine flu, today released back into the dorm.
Recall, a month ago, four students, coming from Bulgaria, straight from the airport was taken to hospital with suspected swine flu.
In three children the diagnosis was confirmed and a week later they dissolved their homes. In the case of epidemiologists at least knew that the students picked up the virus in another country. Now the doctors shrug their shoulders, saying: "Maybe in the bus." That's scary.
http://krsk.kp.ru/daily/24379.5/560200/
RUSSIA
Russia's Trans-Baikal Region reports 91 swine flu cases
19/10/2009
CHITA, October 19 (RIA Novosti) - The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Russia's Trans-Baikal Region has grown from 59 to 91 over the weekend, Russian consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Monday.
The first cases of H1N1 virus in the region were registered on October 3. Several schools have been closed and put under quarantine in the regional capital, Chita.
"There are 41 children among the total of confirmed cases including 32 pupils," the statement said, adding that 11 people with confirmed virus had recently returned from China.
As of Monday, there have been at least 902 confirmed cases of swine flu in Russia, with no reported deaths.
Russia's top doctor, Gennady Onishchenko, said on Friday that 562 of Russia's reported cases of the virus involved people who had become infected whilst traveling abroad.
According to the World Health Organization, as of October 11 there had been more than 399,000 laboratory confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza throughout the world, with over 4,735 deaths.
source : Rianovosti, english version
School of Turku closed due to "Swine flu", 6 more students fall ill
19.10.2009 11:43
Another six students at the school number 604 on the street Turku suspected influenza type A1/H1N1. At the moment, it was decided to dissolve the students.
A source told AZHUR, it was decided to reschedule the vacation, the students of this school. At the moment it is known that one of the seventh graders confirmed influenza-like illness F1/H1N1. According AZHUR, suspicion for the same influenza still have six students.
Their analysis went to Moscow. If there is no additional orders, children will learn during the autumn holidays.
Recall that on Friday evening administration Rospotrebnadzor Petersburg reported on suspicion of "swine flu" at the student's 7 "and" class of this school, who is hospitalized in 5 th infectious diseases hospital.
Immediately rumors spread about the closure of schools in quarantine in connection with this case. But the head of the district Terenty Meshcheryakov said Saturday that the school will not close, and suspicion of "swine flu" is just a suspicion, which must be tested for a long time, this paper analyzes the results of which will be discussed in Moscow.
In addition, he stated that all the students in contact with the patients examined, and signs of illness they have not been found.
http://www.fontanka.ru/2009/10/19/033/
Note: "SARS" should be read as "ILI" (Influenza Like Illness) .
google translated
Influenza A1/H1N1 comes to schools of Moscow and the Frunze district
PETERSBURG, October 19. In the schools of Moscow and the Frunze district growing number of children ill with the highly flu A1/H1N1.
The Committee on Health Rosbalt confirmed that in recent days, several pupils at the school number 604 Frunze district hospitalized in an urban children's infectious diseases hospital № 5 with suspected influenza A (H1N1) 09.
According to preliminary information, two students became ill during the past week, six more did not come to class on Saturday, October 17.
According to Rosbalt, 8 cases of children "swine flu" has already been confirmed in St. Petersburg. This school is closed. However, it is not clear, classes canceled because of the declared quarantine or for the transfer of vacation.
Recall that on Friday night in St. Petersburg Office Rospotrebnadzor reported on suspicion of "swine flu" at the student's 7 th grade this school.
The head of the Frunze district Terenty Mescheryakov denied media reports that the school is closed due to quarantine for influenza.
According to Rosbalt in the press service of the Office of Rospotrebnadzor St. Petersburg, so far officially reported 24 cases of diseases of high pathogenic flu type A (H1N1) 09.
Last, the 24 th case of influenza type A (H1N1) 09 was detected in a child 8 years old, a student of a school in the Moscow district of Saint Petersburg. In Rospotrebnadzor assure that all contact the school examined by pediatricians, all children with signs of SARS were examined, survey results are negative.
School staff also examined by a physician, patients were not identified. On October 7 the whole class, where learning sick child, dissolved in 7-day quarantine, the children established medical observation. All contact is conducted emergency prevention.
Note that at present in St. Petersburg officially been 24 confirmed cases of high pathogenic flu type A (H1N1) 09.
Of the 24 diseased - a Spanish citizen, a citizen of the United States and 22 residents of St. Petersburg, including 8 children aged 9 months to 13 years. No fatal outcomes.
http://www.rosbalt.ru/2009/10/19/681447.html
All schools will close Chita quarantined due to SARS epidemic
All secondary schools will Chita on October 20 for the week closed for quarantine due to SARS epidemic, reports "Interfax". As previously reported, the city has already closed two of college, technical school, college and three schools.
According to Rospotrebnadzor, to date, the epidemic threshold for influenza and SARS exceeded, except for Chita, in St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Barnaul, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Yakutsk, Khabarovsk, Russia, Abakan and the Sakhalin region.
With the increasing incidence of these infections have been closed to quarantine the individual classrooms and entire schools in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Khabarovsk Krai and other regions of Russia.
As noted by the employee of the Rospotrebnadzor Transbaykal edge Natalia Rodina, Chita closing schools is not associated with the spread of pandemic influenza H1N1. At the same time over the weekend the number of reported cases of this infection in the province increased from 59 to 91 persons.
"Of the total number of cases - 41 children, including 32 schoolchildren. Of the 50 ill adults - 28 students. Of the 91 rights of 11 newly arrived from China - from Manchuria or Hailar", - quotes RIA Novosti news service regional management Rospotrebnadzor.
According to WHO, the incidence of SARS in most European countries is still low.
http://medportal.ru/mednovosti/news/2009/10/19/chita/
All schools and colleges closed Chita quarantined due to flu outbreak
RIA Novosti.
Ruslan Krivobok
12:58 19/10/2009
CHITA, October 19 - RIA Novosti. Rospotrebnadzor going from Tuesday because of the outbreak of Swine flu in Chita, close to two weeks of quarantine, all schools, universities and vocational schools, told RIA Novosti on Monday, the representative of the district administration Rospotrebnadzor.
Over the past two weeks in Chita has been an increase in the number of cases of influenza A/H1N1. Symptoms of influenza A/H1N1 very similar to the symptoms of SARS and other types of influenza, but are much more aggressive. Over the weekend the number of cases of influenza of a new type of edge has grown from 59 to 91 persons.
At the quarantine in the city have already closed two colleges, schools and colleges, three schools, and dormitories of colleges and schools, where the identified cases.
The first cases of influenza A/H1N1 in Chita, were found on October 3.
Documents are not signed yet, but the decision on the two-week quarantine in the growing incidence of acute respiratory accepted. Compensate for this break is due to holidays, "- the source said.
Of the total number of cases of influenza A/H1N1 in the region of 41 children, including 32 schoolchildren. Of the 50 ill adults - 28 students. Of the 91 rights of 11 recently arrived from China - from Manchuria or Hailar. In Chita registered 82 cases, nine - in four municipal districts. Of the 27 previously hospitalized patients 16 had already been discharged. Total recovered 42 people.
http://www.rian.ru/society/20091019/189592126.html
Number of Krasnoyarsk, diseased swine flu has risen to 45 people
Edit: number of confirmed cases in the Krasnoyarsk school has risen to 53.
About half of the river college dormitory now in hospital
Jan BOGATYREVA - 19.10.2009
Number of Krasnoyarsk, diseased swine influenza has increased many times. Today, 45 beds are occupied infektsionki cadets Krasnoyarsk vocational school № 2 (riverine). On Friday morning the kids one by one ambulance were taken from the dormitory.
Of the 22 people "suspected" diagnosis was confirmed only in four. But over the weekend figure in times increased.
By the way, guys still do not know what sick really. The doctors probably do not want to scare them. They say, ordinary flu.
- We ask for treating, is it true that pork seized. And they say: "Yeah, and another cat," - laughing one of the "hermits" infektsionki Lesch. - Actually, we are healthy. Today, write down the promise.
So, nothing dangerous ...
Meanwhile, today in Krasnoyarsk Territory Government plans emergency meeting, which will think what to do with a dangerous infection. And infektsionku with quarantine shoot until resolved. So it seems a little strange that the students, the sick swine flu, today released back into the dorm.
Recall, a month ago, four students, coming from Bulgaria, straight from the airport was taken to hospital with suspected swine flu.
In three children the diagnosis was confirmed and a week later they dissolved their homes. In the case of epidemiologists at least knew that the students picked up the virus in another country. Now the doctors shrug their shoulders, saying: "Maybe in the bus." That's scary.
http://krsk.kp.ru/daily/24379.5/560200/
RUSSIA
Russia's Trans-Baikal Region reports 91 swine flu cases
19/10/2009
CHITA, October 19 (RIA Novosti) - The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Russia's Trans-Baikal Region has grown from 59 to 91 over the weekend, Russian consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Monday.
The first cases of H1N1 virus in the region were registered on October 3. Several schools have been closed and put under quarantine in the regional capital, Chita.
"There are 41 children among the total of confirmed cases including 32 pupils," the statement said, adding that 11 people with confirmed virus had recently returned from China.
As of Monday, there have been at least 902 confirmed cases of swine flu in Russia, with no reported deaths.
Russia's top doctor, Gennady Onishchenko, said on Friday that 562 of Russia's reported cases of the virus involved people who had become infected whilst traveling abroad.
According to the World Health Organization, as of October 11 there had been more than 399,000 laboratory confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza throughout the world, with over 4,735 deaths.
source : Rianovosti, english version
School of Turku closed due to "Swine flu", 6 more students fall ill
19.10.2009 11:43
Another six students at the school number 604 on the street Turku suspected influenza type A1/H1N1. At the moment, it was decided to dissolve the students.
A source told AZHUR, it was decided to reschedule the vacation, the students of this school. At the moment it is known that one of the seventh graders confirmed influenza-like illness F1/H1N1. According AZHUR, suspicion for the same influenza still have six students.
Their analysis went to Moscow. If there is no additional orders, children will learn during the autumn holidays.
Recall that on Friday evening administration Rospotrebnadzor Petersburg reported on suspicion of "swine flu" at the student's 7 "and" class of this school, who is hospitalized in 5 th infectious diseases hospital.
Immediately rumors spread about the closure of schools in quarantine in connection with this case. But the head of the district Terenty Meshcheryakov said Saturday that the school will not close, and suspicion of "swine flu" is just a suspicion, which must be tested for a long time, this paper analyzes the results of which will be discussed in Moscow.
In addition, he stated that all the students in contact with the patients examined, and signs of illness they have not been found.
http://www.fontanka.ru/2009/10/19/033/