Flu retreats

The flu epidemic in Moscow presumably will decline until the end of February - reported by the head of the Department of Health of the capital Leonid printers.

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In Moscow Although since the beginning of the year were vaccinated 2, 1 million people and the method has proven effective, the loss could not be avoided. In the capital during the epidemic eleven people died from influenza and complications associated with the disease, said the chief specialist on infectious diseases of the capital of the Department of Health Nikolai Malyshev. "Most of the victims - those with very high excess weight", - said Nikolai. According to him, all the patients were in the hospital. He added that overweight people suffer from hypoxia, so it is extremely difficult to carry flu and viral infections, "This contingent needs special attention." The introduction of quarantine in Moscow schools has reduced the incidence doubled.

In the suburbs   the incidence of influenza and SARS epidemic threshold now exceeds 3 times. According to the territorial department of Rospotrebnadzor in the Moscow region, epidporog exceeded in all age groups. As part of the weekly laboratory monitoring of influenza and SARS in epidemic season 2010-2011, conducted the study for the detection of virological pathogens influenza cases. Influenza viruses A / H1N1-2009 isolated from 50 people, A / H3N2 - in 5 patients, influenza B viruses - in 5 patients, parainfluenza viruses - from 16 people, adenoviruses - in 7 patients, rhinoviruses - 1 person.

In Russia As reported Deputy Head of the surveillance Rospotrebnadzor, Galina Lazikova to the end of February, influenza activity will decline.

- The flu epidemic, which began in Russia in December 2010, now came to the stage of slowdown of disease and will last for about two weeks - epidemiologists predict. - On average, the seasonal rise in incidence is three to six weeks. In December, the beginning of the epidemic rise of the Russian Federation have been reported in only a few regions of the Siberian and Northwestern Federal District. But in January, the epidemic process includes a number of subjects of the Central and Volga federal districts. Each week increased the number of cases of pandemic influenza H1N1. In some areas of the virus strain detected in 30% of all cases of influenza. The intensity of seasonal flu and SARS in the country is moderate, well below that observed in the epidemiological season 2009-2010.

Most often occurs in children of preschool age and younger students. Of great importance for the containment of disease is an annual influenza vaccination. At the expense of the federal budget and extra-budgetary resources annually in Russia is carried out immunization against flu to children, elderly people, health workers, education, social worker. Himself the head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko publicly vaccinated annually against influenza. So he never gets sick with influenza and does not go on sick leave, stress in the department. And for those who have not been vaccinated against the flu, epidemiologists recommend to pay special attention to the prevention of influenza and SARS.

By the way. From January 24 to January 30, according to Rospotrebnadzor, Russia has the largest number of laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A / H1N1-2009 (more than 30% of the examined patients) have been reported in the Altai region - 67, 9%.

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