Nine Hospitals In Romania Receive Antiviral Meds For Swine Flu Prevention

Nine infectious diseases hospitals in Romania's capital city Bucharest and towns countrywide received antiviral medicines for swine flu prevention.

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Thus, antiviral medicines were provided to "Matei Bals" Institute for Infectious Diseases and "Victor Babes" hospital in Bucharest, as well as the infectious diseases units of hospitals located in Craiova, Timisoara, Cluj, Brasov, Constanta, Iasi and Targu-Mures.

Doctors urged Romanian citizens who returned from swine flu-hit areas to go to an infectious diseases hospital as soon as possible in case of flu-like symptoms.

Romania’s Health Ministry took extra measures for swine flu prevention and decided to supply the aforementioned hospitals with antiviral medicines, make an appraisal of medical assistance units and provide protection equipment for medical staff and population.

A ministry team run by health minister Ion Bazac will go to Luxembourg to attend the reunion of EU health ministers targeting the swine flu issue and Romania will unveil its strategy for a potential swine flu pandemic.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said it raised its level of swine flu pandemic alert from phase 4 to 5, one step short of a full-scale pandemic.

The WHO said nine countries have officially reported cases of swine influenza A/H1N1 infection.

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