The Ministry of Health (MoH) informs that there have been 31 confirmed cases of influenza in the laboratory at the national level from the beginning of the surveillance season of acute respiratory infections until January 27, and at this time there is no information about the imminence of an epidemic. of the flu.
“There is currently no information on the imminence of an influenza epidemic. To date, public health experts have informed the Ministry of Health that respiratory virus activity is low-intensity, with no wide geographical spread and no significant growth trend.
From the beginning of the surveillance season of acute respiratory infections until January 27, 2016, 31 cases of influenza confirmed in the laboratory at national level were registered “, it is shown in a communiqué published, on Sunday, on the Ministry’s website Health.
The representatives of the Ministry claim that the total number of acute respiratory infections is 8% lower than the one registered in the same week of 2015 and by 11% higher than the one of the previous week.
“For the 2015-2016 season, the Ministry of Health initially purchased a number of 500,000 doses of influenza vaccine that were fully distributed to local public health departments. The number of doses was supplemented at the end of last year by another 143,000 for “The immunization of people at risk. The flu vaccine distributed this year contains the antigens needed to prevent infection with the AH1N1 virus,” the statement said.
The vaccination campaign of the Ministry of Health is carried out in the offices of family doctors and in hospitals and are vaccinated free of charge people at high risk of disease, ie people over 65 years, people with chronic diseases, especially respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases , institutionalized children and the elderly, pregnant women, medical staff, according to the strategy of the Ministry of Health and the recommendations of the WHO and ECDC.
“Given the situation in Ukraine, the Ministry of Health has asked the Public Health Directorates to ensure that health units take all measures to prevent specific and non-specific influenza and to report daily any cases with flu-like evolution and symptoms,” the source said.
According to the Ministry of Health, in Romania, the flu is specifically monitored by the National Center for Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases (CNSCBT) within the National Institute of Public Health. Starting with September 28, 2015, CNSCBT issues weekly reports on the evolution of influenza and reports to the Ministry of Health the situations that may raise the issue of the epidemic evolution of this infection.
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