Baku /14.01.19/ Turan: The Iranian Foreign Ministry called on its citizens to refuse to travel to Georgia because of the H1N1 flu virus, the IRNA agency reported today.
According to the latest official data, 15 people died in Georgia due to complications from the flu virus. In this regard, the Georgian authorities decided to postpone the start of their studies at the state schools and kindergartens in Tbilisi. Study was postponed in a number of large universities of the country, the report says.
253 patients per hundred thousand people are ill with influenza in Georgia. By this time, 660 patients are treated in the hospital, 42 of them are in intensive care.
According to the decision of the Georgian authorities, the antiviral drug Tamiflu is available throughout the country and when the diagnosis is confirmed it is given to patients for free. In total, 13,000 packs of Tamiflu have been delivered to Georgia.
In addition, experts advise vaccination against influenza. The Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia does not rule out a new outbreak of the influenza virus in February-March. An additional supply of flu vaccine will be delivered to Georgia in the coming days, reports Black Sea Press. -02D-
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