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| THE SPREAD OF THE NEW FLU 16/11/2009 |
| (2009-11-16) |
| Last updated: 2009-11-17 14:48 EET |
Since the first case of swine flu was reported at the end of May this year, this new type of virus has been spreading with increasing speed. At this point, close to 1400 people have been infected in Romania. Most of them are students, and recently health authorities have decided to temporarily close down several primary and secondary schools in Bucharest and Iasi.
Several other tens of education institutions have suspended classes, and some have not yet resumed them. In an attempt to contain the virus, over 60,000 disposable face masks have been distributed to schools, hospitals, airports, alongside thousands of liters of disinfectants. The national vaccination campaign will start on November 26, and employees in the health system and border police will have priority. For students, the campaign will start next year, using only the vaccine made in Romania, at the Cantacuzino Center for Infectious Diseases. The authorities have given up the idea of importing the vaccines, since manufacturers do not take responsibility for the possible side effects.
Also, several days ago the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest confirmed the flu-related death of two Romanian citizens abroad, one in Austria, and one in Hungary. Bucharest officials issued a recommendation to citizens to limit any form of travel as much as possible, so as to help the containment efforts. In neighbouring states, the flu situation is much more serious. The worst affected is the Ukraine, especially on its western side, where several hundred people have died, and 1.2 million people are reported as having the disease. Some experts believe that the virus has mutated into a new strain in that country, and that it now has a much more aggressive form, quickly affecting the lungs.
WHO experts visited the Ukraine upon request from Kiev, to take samples and to run tests. In Bulgaria too, schools and kindergartens closed their doors, given that the infection spreads faster among students of all ages, and among teachers. Serbia has declared a national epidemic emergency situation, and has already kicked off a vaccination campaign. Seriously affected is also the Republic of Moldova, which has also reported deaths caused by the H1N1 virus.
According to the latest report from the World Health Organization, over 6250 people have been killed by this form of flu worldwide, of which over 4500 on the American continent, followed by the Asia-Pacific area, then Europe.
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