Serbian swine flu count up to five

Five cases of swine flu have now been recorded in Serbia, including the first case of secondary transmission.

Izvor: B92

Saturday, 27.06.2009.

09:23

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Five cases of swine flu have now been recorded in Serbia, including the first case of secondary transmission. The new cases include a girl who came into contact with the Montenegrin man infected with H1N1 virus, and a mother and her four-year-old child who traveled from London on June 22 . Serbian swine flu count up to five The health of the three new patients is not believed to be as precarious as that of the first case, and they have already been discharged from hospital. Epidemiologist Predrag Kon told B92 that the new patients are in good general health and have not been placed in quarantine as yet. “We’ll look into further contacts, we’ll monitor their health and engage the necessary doctors to monitor their condition and decide whether isolation is at all necessary in terms of hospitalization, or whether they can stay at home. We can’t decide in detail over every case whether they’ll be in hospital or at home. We need to get used to the fact that this can be treated at home in isolation, and that this will most probably be the dominant form of treatment in future,” said Kon. He said that the condition of the new cases was not serious. He said that the three patients would probably continue to recover at home, and that this could be the practice with potential new patients, given that their number was expected to increase. The health of the first two cases is said to be stable. They are still in quarantine in infective clinics in Belgrade and Sombor. The Health Ministry has been in contact with its counterparts in the region, as the first case is understood to have been in contact with citizens of other countries in the Balkans. Kon said that there were enough anti-virus remedies to treat one percent of the population, which was enough cope with the first wave of the outbreak, while it was always possible to buy new supplies. According to the World Health Organization, the H1N1 virus has been reported in 110 countries, affecting over 55,000 people. The WHO declared a pandemic on June 11, at a time when there were 44,000 cases worldwide, 180 of which had been fateful.

Serbian swine flu count up to five

The health of the three new patients is not believed to be as precarious as that of the first case, and they have already been discharged from hospital.

Epidemiologist Predrag Kon told B92 that the new patients are in good general health and have not been placed in quarantine as yet.

“We’ll look into further contacts, we’ll monitor their health and engage the necessary doctors to monitor their condition and decide whether isolation is at all necessary in terms of hospitalization, or whether they can stay at home. We can’t decide in detail over every case whether they’ll be in hospital or at home. We need to get used to the fact that this can be treated at home in isolation, and that this will most probably be the dominant form of treatment in future,” said Kon.

He said that the condition of the new cases was not serious. He said that the three patients would probably continue to recover at home, and that this could be the practice with potential new patients, given that their number was expected to increase.

The health of the first two cases is said to be stable. They are still in quarantine in infective clinics in Belgrade and Sombor. The Health Ministry has been in contact with its counterparts in the region, as the first case is understood to have been in contact with citizens of other countries in the Balkans.

Kon said that there were enough anti-virus remedies to treat one percent of the population, which was enough cope with the first wave of the outbreak, while it was always possible to buy new supplies.

According to the World Health Organization, the H1N1 virus has been reported in 110 countries, affecting over 55,000 people. The WHO declared a pandemic on June 11, at a time when there were 44,000 cases worldwide, 180 of which had been fateful.

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