Romania declares flu epidemic as 18 people die

The Romanian Health Ministry has declared a flu epidemic in the country, considering the high number of flu cases and respiratory infections over the past week.

Over 7,000 flu cases are currently reported in the country, double compared to the previous week and the similar period of last year.

Eighteen people died because of the flu, the National Centre for the Supervision and Control of Transmissible Diseases of the Public Health Institute said.

The last two people to die because of the flu are an 18-month child from Neamţ county and a 49-year-old woman from Mureş county. They were both infected with the A type virus, the (H1)pdm09 subtype. Both had pre-existing medical conditions and had not received the flu vaccine.

Read more via Romania Insider / Romania Journal

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