Swine flu epidemic announced in St. Petersburg

Swine flu epidemic announced in St. Petersburg

According to Rospotrebnadzor, an outbreak of swine flu has been registered in St. Petersburg. As of January 20th, the swine flu virus has been detected in 80% of cases of respiratory diseases in the city.

"The average threshold of the epidemic in the city has been exceeded by 28%. The structure of respiratory viral infections has changed. The proportion of influenza has reached 80%. 60% of the 260 confirmed laboratory cases of influenza are of H1N1 swine flu,'' RIA Novosti cites Irina Chhindzherii, the chief of epidemic supervision in St. Petersburg.

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