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380 H1N1 cases confirmed in Serbia
11. November 2009. | 08:08
Source: Tanjug
State Secretary at the Serbian Health Ministry Nevena Karanovic said today that 380 H1N1 flu cases have been confirmed in Serbia up until now and 11 patients are on respiratory support machines.State Secretary at the Serbian Health Ministry Nevena Karanovic said today that 380 H1N1 flu cases have been confirmed in Serbia up until now and 11 patients are on respiratory support machines.
Addressing a press conference held after a meeting with the Director of the Kragujevac Clinical Centre, representatives of the public health institute, health centres and epidemiological teams in the city, Karanovic said that symptoms similar to the H1N1 flu were experienced by 35,000 people across Serbia.
She said that it is expected that 80 more respiratory machines will be procured within the next few days and that clinical centres in Nis and Kragujevac will have priority status for their distribution.
She recalled that the special working group for monitoring the new flu met to discuss the situation, adding that within the next 48 hours it will be known whether a nationwide epidemic will be declared in Serbia.
According to estimates, the number of infected will be on the rise until March, she said, adding that the epidemiological situation in Sumadija is unsatisfactory because in the period November 2?9 the number of people with respiratory illnesses surged.
Karanovic specified that 217 persons have been infected with the new flu in Sumadija, noting that out of 36 patients hospitalised in Kragujevac the new virus was diagnosed in 11.
http://www.emportal.rs/en/news/serbia/104005.html
11. November 2009. | 08:08
Source: Tanjug
State Secretary at the Serbian Health Ministry Nevena Karanovic said today that 380 H1N1 flu cases have been confirmed in Serbia up until now and 11 patients are on respiratory support machines.State Secretary at the Serbian Health Ministry Nevena Karanovic said today that 380 H1N1 flu cases have been confirmed in Serbia up until now and 11 patients are on respiratory support machines.
Addressing a press conference held after a meeting with the Director of the Kragujevac Clinical Centre, representatives of the public health institute, health centres and epidemiological teams in the city, Karanovic said that symptoms similar to the H1N1 flu were experienced by 35,000 people across Serbia.
She said that it is expected that 80 more respiratory machines will be procured within the next few days and that clinical centres in Nis and Kragujevac will have priority status for their distribution.
She recalled that the special working group for monitoring the new flu met to discuss the situation, adding that within the next 48 hours it will be known whether a nationwide epidemic will be declared in Serbia.
According to estimates, the number of infected will be on the rise until March, she said, adding that the epidemiological situation in Sumadija is unsatisfactory because in the period November 2?9 the number of people with respiratory illnesses surged.
Karanovic specified that 217 persons have been infected with the new flu in Sumadija, noting that out of 36 patients hospitalised in Kragujevac the new virus was diagnosed in 11.
http://www.emportal.rs/en/news/serbia/104005.html