Recently theme flu does not descend from pages of magazines and newspapers and is constantly featured in the news. Indeed, throughout the world registered thousands of cases of this disease, many with fatal consequences. Naturally, these events lodge panic among the population and severely hamper international relations, including tourism and travel. And it is very difficult to find in this avalanche of information, information that will adequately judge the scale of the epidemic and the measures needed to counteract it. Based on the most recent posts can be judged that the problems associated with the spread of A/H1N1 virus in various countries, including Russia, the only accumulate.
Example, in Lithuania, confirmed the first death from the influenza virus, the What the minister said the country's health Algis Chaplikas. The minister said the death of 14-year old boy has been fixed at Kaunas University Hospital.
«We noted fatal, doctors are finding out what were the complications that will be presented the findings of experts. But a child who died, suffered from influenza A/H1N1. This was confirmed by laboratory tests ", - said Chaplikas.
Also, Greece has entered into an epidemic of influenza A/H1N1, announced the Center Disease Control and Prevention at the Ministry of Health of the country.
Total the number of confirmed cases of swine flu in Greece has exceeded three thousand people, of whom more than 330 fell ill in the past few days. Five people have died. In general, according to the laboratories, the new influenza virus is about 40% of cases of flu in the country.
Experts expect that the epidemic of influenza A/H1N1 will last six to eight weeks. Greece plans in the coming days to begin mass vaccination of the population against the new virus.
Slovakia because of the threat of the epidemic of influenza A/H1N1 was interrupted by a regular bus service to Ukraine. "Passenger routes will be restored when the epidemiological situation in this country better" - Spokesman of the Ministry of Transport in Slovakia by Stanislav Yurikovich.
Bratislava earlier closed a majority of automobile checkpoints on the border with Ukraine. Remains open only checkpoint near the settlement of Cherry German. Arriving in Ukraine are hard medical supervision. Citizens with evidence of influenza authorities denied entry into the republic.
As regards Russia, our people are convinced that the "swine flu is more dangerous than usual. These are the data of sociological poll conducted by members of the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM).
«Swine flu" more dangerous than the ordinary seasonal flu - are assured 45% of Russians. Such a view is most common for villagers, the Russians under the age of 34 years and poorly educated citizens. Another 35% believe that the virus is no more and no less dangerous than seasonal flu - so they think, as a rule, Moscow and St. Petersburg. Russians believe that a dangerous virus is spreading rapidly and is difficult to diagnose. However, 27% believed that the virus AH1N1 is no different from ordinary flu, while 4% believe that it is just fanning the panic.
agreed with this opinion and the chairman of the League rights Alexander Saversky patients. According to him, there is no epidemic of A/H1N1 virus, but there is a desire to drug manufacturers to make the fears of citizens. In June, the WHO launched the sixth, the highest level of risk for swine flu, although the cases were several thousand. Over half the world's chickenpox another 250 thousand in Russia - the four thousand, while the annual seasonal flu in the world suffer 500 million people (in Russia - from 27 to 40 million). Complications and deaths from the same flu, and is recognized by our Ministry of Health, no more than seasonal. Healthy person, and so normally will carry the flu. And who was unwell, who have reduced immunity, vaccine can kill.
No accident that the deaths started talking two weeks before the vaccination campaign. Is inflame people to go vaccinated, experts said. Incidentally, Russia - the only country in which there is the Institute of influenza, which naturally is interested that the flu was: there will be flu, there will be no institution. Scaring people with all sorts of horrors - their direct interest. Also do not forget that the vaccine is allocated four billion rubles, which must somehow learn.