Six other cases of swine flu confirmed in Romania, total count reaches 381
Six new cases of swine flu were confirmed in Romania in the past week, the total number people infected with the A/H1N1 virus reaching 381, the Health Ministry announced.
Three of the new cases were reported in Bucharest, while the counties of Bihor, Cluj and Iasi counted one case each. The patients are being treated with antivirals.
Some four million Romanians could catch swine flu during the pandemic, according to estimates, the epidemic peak to be recorded in February - April. However, the Health Ministry is not worried as there will be enough vaccine and antiviral doses for everyone, said the government secretary within the ministry, dr. Geza Molnar.
The Health Ministry plans to vaccinate three million institutionalized children
within a campaign against swine flu.
The first swine flu contamination in
Romania occurred on May 23, on a young woman who had returned from the United
States.