Flu infection level increases in Georgia
Most of the people who are suffering from the flu currently are infected by H1N1 also known as swine flu.
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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.
This proportion was 221 people in every 100,000 last week.
The Head of the NCDC Amiran Gamkrelidze forecasts that the level off flu infection will start decreasing in coming weeks due to school holidays.
He said the situation will become an epidemic in case the level of injected people reaches 500 per every 100,000. However, he did not say that there are any such risks that have been identified.
Most of the people who are suffering from the flu currently are infected by H1N1 also known as swine flu.
The symptoms are almost the same as seasonal flu and may involve cough, fever, sore throat, body and headaches and fatigue.
About 63 cases of influenza have been reported in the last 3 weeks and 95% of them were H1N1, known as the swine flu, reports director of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Amiran Gamkrelidze.
Swine flu (H1N1) has caused one more death in Georgia.
About 200 schools across Georgia have been temporarily closed as a preventive measure to avoid the spread of the seasonal influenza virus.
Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has released a special statement voicing several recommendations for people to take care against insects and contagious diseases during the summer season.
Georgian Health Minister Davit Sergeenko says there is no risk of a swine flu epidemic in the country
A woman who delivered via C-section birth a week ago has died allegedly due to the H1N1 flu.