26-year-old woman dies due to alleged swine flu infection
The head of the National Center for Disease Control said that the woman had clinical signs of flu.
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A woman who delivered via C-section birth a week ago has died allegedly due to the H1N1 flu .
The head of the National Center for Disease Control said that the woman had clinical signs of flu.
“A young woman died yesterday. She had a C-section birth at the Baiebi Clinic one week ago. Soon she returned in a worse condition to the medical center where she gave birth and was transferred to Gudushauri Clinic for medical studies but her condition was already severe and unfortunately she died soon after entering the clinic,” Gudushauri clinic said today.
The Ministry of Health has received 13,000 packages of Tamiflu today, a medication needed for the treatment of the H1N1 flu which is free for Georgian citizens upon need.
Health Minister David Sergeenko said the final statistical data received from clinics shows that the flu is decreasing. He said 640 people are currently hospitalised and 42 among them are in a severe condition.
Studies at Georgian public schools and kindergartens have been postponed until January 21 due to the spread of flu. Up to 640 people are being treated in the country's hospitals for the virus, 39 of them are receiving critical care. According to official data 10 have lost their lives to the swine flu.
The latest statistical data from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows that every 276 people in 100,000 have contracted the flu in Georgia.
Georgian Health Minister Davit Sergeenko says there is no risk of a swine flu epidemic in the country
The Georgian National Disease Control Centre has decided to reveal the statistics of flu in Georgia over the past 10 years to dispel speculations that 2018-2019 is an “exceptionally bad year” in terms of flu.
Seventeen people have died because of the H1N1 acute respiratory illness in Georgia, which is also known as swine flu, the Georgian National Disease Control Centre says.
Eighteen people have died because of the swine flu (H1N1) in Georgia this winter, the Georgian National Disease Control Centre says.
Georgian schools have reopened to students today after a week delay in studies due to the flu.
The first visit he took was to Iashvili Children's Central Hospital, where two children are being treated.
A 30-year-old woman has died in Georgia’s western town of Chiatura yesterday, with the cause of death being an alleged viral disease.