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Russia: School "quarantined" in Murmansk, 19 students confirmed H1N1

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Swine flu confirmed in 19 pupils 'Quarantine' school in the Murmansk region

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In the Murmansk region have already confirmed 20 cases of infection with swine influenza (A/H1N1). As reported on Thursday, Deputy Chief of Territorial Administration Rospotrebnadzor on the Kola area of Elena Mikhailova, in the region of clinically confirmed influenza H1N1 disease 19-year pupils of the 3rd "A" class and one adult - the father of one of the sick students.

"Severe forms of the disease there. Many people are treated at home, they have mild forms of the disease, about eight students were hospitalized in moderate condition. The boy, who brought" the virus from Turkey, has already been discharged and is doing well. His father has not been confirmed influenza "- said Mikhailov.

She noted that the quarantine - the abolition of children from attending lessons - will last at school N 1 of the Kola region from 23 to 29 September. Now institution is carried out disinfection. In addition, according to a specialist, a ban on children's attendance in the school supplementary education establishments - music schools and clubs, reports "Interfax".

On the eve of the chief state sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko, Russia announced that one of the Murmansk area schools closed for quarantine in connection with suspected infection of swine influenza in 17 third-grade class.

According to his data, 16 children infected by the student 3rd "A" class, which from 25 August to 6 September, was on holiday with her father in Turkey. September 7, Onishchenko said, contrary to the current direction of health services on a temporary karantinizatsii students returning from countries prone to influenza, the local pediatrician has issued a certificate that the child is healthy. The next day he was allowed to stay in school.

"On September 17 he was hospitalized in moderate condition, ie it has a few days the temperature, and the 18 th received tentative results", - said Onishchenko. An examination of children, which in contact with this child, it was revealed 16 of his classmates and students of the 3rd "B" class, who is also suspected influenza. In addition, doctors suspected influenza and the father of the child.

"The examination found that the prescribed medical supervision at the school has not been conducted or formally, without measuring body temperature. All this was made possible thanks to the irresponsible attitude to their primary task the school director, medical personnel of the Murmansk region and the lack of control of sanitary authorities, who gave instructions, but not supervised its execution ", - stressed Onishchenko.

These medical investigation will be referred to prosecutors, said the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia.

According to recent data, the number of cases of influenza A/H1N1 in the world has exceeded 308 thousand people, and the number of deaths from him close to 4.2 thousand cases reported Sept. 22 press office Rospotrebnadzor with reference to the data of the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) .

According to official figures, Russia has recorded more than 380 new cases of influenza. Still prevail among the ill after returning from vacation or study abroad.

Around a single fatal case of swine flu are heated debates. Director of the Institute of Virology behalf of Ivanovo, academician of Academy of Medical Sciences of Russia Dmitry Lvov on September 20, said in television that Russia already has such a case. However, the Federal Service and MHSD it strongly denies.

Nevertheless, WHO has indirectly confirmed the patient's death from swine flu in Russia. According to documents of the European Regional Bureau of the Organization, to date, have been recorded at least 157 deaths in 15 European countries: Belgium, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

According to the European Office of WHO, 48 out of 53 countries in the European region in 2009, there were more than 52 thousand cases of infection A/H1N1.

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