The first swine flu contamination in Romania occurred on May 23 last year/Foto:grupRC

Some 35 new contaminations with the virus were confirmed in the past 24 hours, of which 15 in the county of Iasi. About 6,908 Romanians caught swine flu so far.

More than 1.2 million Romanians were vaccinated against the A/H1N1 virus by January 17, out of which 700,000 between January 11 and 17, according to the representatives of the Health Ministry.

The Health Ministry distributed more than 2.24 million doses of vaccine countrywide by January 18.


The first swine flu contamination in Romania occurred on May 23 last year, on a young woman who had returned from the United States.