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  • Ukraine - Quarantine extended in Feodosia, Crimea due to H1N1

    В школах Феодосии продлили карантин

    09.01.2010



    Last week, the symptoms of influenza were diagnosed in six patients Feodosia City Hospital № 1. Tests for the virus sent to Kiev to deliver a more accurate diagnosis, pending the outcome of physicians assigned patients treated for influenza.

    Schools again announced quarantine, this time until January 15.

    On 29 October last year - with the announcement of the beginning of the epidemic in Ukraine "swine flu" - in the Crimea, acute respiratory infections (ARI) and influenza are ill 109,197 people, of which 852 - in January this year, "Novosti Crimea". According to the Ministry of Health, the number of cases from 495 - children.
    According to the "Cafe" Head of the Office of Health Feodosiya Alexander Fomenko, from 29 October to 6 January
    in the Great Theodosius sought medical treatment more than 1 thousand patients with SARS, and 5 and 6 January in six patients Feodosia City hospital № 1 arrived from Simferopol infectious disease diagnosed influenza.

    - Analysis of the flu virus, we send in Kiev, but because it takes a certain amount of time designated for treatment of symptoms, - said A. Fomenko. - The key to success in the treatment of influenza - a timely manner to prevent all sorts of complications. Twice our doctors it appeared on the "swine flu" two patients who died of pneumonia. However, their analysis did not identified the virus H1N1.

    Deputy chief medical officer of Feodosia Valerian Dudin said "Cafe", which is currently in the Big Feodosia epidemiological situation is not a concern, and the number of acute respiratory disease did not exceed last year's data.

    - We used to do tests in the laboratory Theodosia SES, but now we are banned, and require all of the tests sent to Kiev to study at a special apparatus, - said Vladimir Dudin. - We are only preventive measures, most important of which - talk with people about the dangers of self. Self-care must be taken only on enhancing immunity.

    According to the "Cafe" deputy mayor Igor Avrutskaya, by order of the Emergency anti-epidemic commission Crimea school holidays until 15 January.

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