Health Minister Ion Bazac announced that people suspected of swine flu contamination will be hospitalized at the infectious disease hospital Matei Bals and proper quarantine methods will be taken. A preventive campaign to inform the population on the issue will be initiated today.
The Health Ministry will publish an informative web page on the swine flu, featuring general information, frequently asked questions, measures and recommendations from specialists in the field.
The ministry urges the population to intensify the personal hygiene and to avoid self-medication and traveling in the affected areas.
According to the Health Ministry, the human flu with a swine strain is not transmitted through consumption if the pork is prepared at heat. The symptoms are similar to those of a normal flu.
According to the Health Ministry, the human flu with a swine strain is not transmitted through consumption if the pork is prepared at heat. The symptoms are similar to those of a normal flu.
Romania could be faced with problems caused by the swine flu starting this fall, declared for NewsIn the director of the Matei Bals Infectious Disease Institute Matei Bals, Adrian Streinu, who added that a campaign to vaccinate the population will begin on October 1, once more information on the type of the virus strain is received.
The National Sanitary-Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) set-up a committee yesterday to monitor the evolution of the swine flu. The committee will analyze data once received and will take the appropriate measures, depending on the situation.
ANSVSA president Marian Zlotea declared for NewsIn yesterday that Romania has not received yet any alert signal from the European Union (EU) regarding the swine flu that already claimed its victims in Mexico and the United States.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on April 25 on the pandemic potential of the new swine flu virus type A/N1H1 which is transmitted from human to human and spread in Mexico and the United States.
A first case of swine flu in Europe was confirmed today in Spain.
