"Antiviral drug will not be withdrawn"
Tamiflu antiviral drug will not be withdrawn from use in Serbia, despite the fact that, according to WHO, a H1N1 virus has become resistant to it.
Monday, 23.11.2009.
12:24
Tamiflu antiviral drug will not be withdrawn from use in Serbia, despite the fact that, according to WHO, a H1N1 virus has become resistant to it. “We will not withdraw Tamiflu. This was just one occurence in Wales. 60 Tamiflu-resistant viruses have been isolated, but there are thousands of cases in which Tamiflu helped. It’s a solid medicine and we have a back-up one, Relenza, which can be used too,” epidemiologist Predrag Kon told Belgrade daily Danas. "Antiviral drug will not be withdrawn" He said that he was "absolutely advising" that people should opt to be vaccinated against the disease, known as swine flu. “It is the only protection against the flu. The vaccine will not be modified,” he stated. According to the epidemiologist, opinions voiced by physicians in Serbia's healthcare centers who are advising against the inoculation "will gradually change, especially after the support for the vaccine from the Serbian Medical Society". Mutations of the new virus have been reported in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Ukraine, United States, Norway and Great Britain. The cases of human-to-human transmission of the mutated virus have been recorded in Wales. Although Tamiflu-resistant viruses have been reported previously, they were not transmitted from human to human. It was announced on Monday that a total of 340 cases of swine flu had been confirmed in Serbia, with 16 fatal outcomes.
"Antiviral drug will not be withdrawn"
He said that he was "absolutely advising" that people should opt to be vaccinated against the disease, known as swine flu.“It is the only protection against the flu. The vaccine will not be modified,” he stated.
According to the epidemiologist, opinions voiced by physicians in Serbia's healthcare centers who are advising against the inoculation "will gradually change, especially after the support for the vaccine from the Serbian Medical Society".
Mutations of the new virus have been reported in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Ukraine, United States, Norway and Great Britain. The cases of human-to-human transmission of the mutated virus have been recorded in Wales.
Although Tamiflu-resistant viruses have been reported previously, they were not transmitted from human to human.
It was announced on Monday that a total of 340 cases of swine flu had been confirmed in Serbia, with 16 fatal outcomes.
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