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Shoumen worst hit by flu in Bulgaria

Mon, Nov 02 2009 12:34 CET

byNick Iliev

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Shoumen worst hit by flu in Bulgaria

The latest urban centre to fall victim to the epidemic is the town of Shoumen, in the northeast of the country, where authorities declared a pandemic emergency on November 2 2009, Bulgarian National Television reported.

The situation in Shoumen appears worse than other Bulgarian towns because the level of infections has surpassed 240 cases for every 10 000 people. By contrast, most Bulgarian towns which have already declared an emergency situation report between 180 and 200 cases.

All schools in Shoumen will now be closed until November 9. Hospitals have introduced special measures with visits cut to the minimum and wards equipped with extra beds to accommodate larger capacity.

A crisis task force was set up by Shoumen regional governor Dimitar Alexandrov. More than 3000 people in the town had themselves examined over the weekend fearing they had contracted the influenza, BNT said.

On October 28, the head of Bulgarian Health Ministry contagious diseases department, Angel Kunchev, said that authorities would follow the advice of the World Health Organisation to treat all flu cases as H1N1 cases and use extreme precautionary measures.

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