Swine flu virus spreads across Russia…(H1N1, I’m Baaaak!)
The weekly flu and acute respiratory infection epidemics threshold has been exceeded in 13 Russia regions
Tass.ru
January 19, 2016
MOSCOW, January 19. /TASS/. Epidemics of acute respiratory infections and flu is spreading across Russia, with the bulk of cases being caused by A(H1N1) strain, popularly known as swine flu and fraught with serious complications, the chief of Russian consumer rights watchdog said on Tuesday.
“In early December, A(H1N1) strains accounted for four percent of the overall flu cases. The figure grew to seven percent after December 15 and to 24% by January 4. As of today, the occurrence of swine flu strains is 42%,” Anna Popova, who is Russia’s chief sanitary doctor, told a news conference.
According to Rospotrebnadzor statistics, the weekly flu and acute respiratory infection epidemics threshold has been exceeded in 13 Russia regions. “Threshold excess figure vary in a range from 11 to 135% It happens every year, so there is nothing untypical about it,” she noted.
The epidemics threshold among children under two has been exceeded in 17 Russian regions, among pre-schoolers – in 12 region, among schoolchildren – in eight regions, and among adults – in seven regions.
Earlier, Popova told TASS this flu virus is responsible for swift development of serious complications. She said that certain groups of population were at particular high risk for life-threatening problems from swine flu, such as children under five, people older than 65, pregnant women, people having diabetes or other chronic diseases.
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