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    Over 107,000 flu cases reported in Poland
    www.chinaview.cn 2009-11-18 02:00:18

    WARSAW, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- A total of 107,250 people were infected with seasonal flu or the A/H1N1 flu in Poland between Sept. 1 and Nov. 15, Health Minister Ewa Kopacz said on Tuesday.

    In the corresponding period of last year, the number of flu cases amounted to 24,843, Kopacz said after a meeting of the influenza pandemic committee.

    According to a report by the National Institute of Hygiene, last week saw a drastic rise of flu cases in Poland, with the number of registered new cases reaching over 41,000, against 3,600in the same period of 2008.

    On Nov. 8-15, the average daily number of reported cases per 100,000 persons reached 13.5, one of the biggest amount of cases in this time of the year in the past several years.

    So far, unofficially confirmed were less than 300 cases of the H1N1 flu. Two persons have died, several patients including a doctor are in serious or very serious condition.


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