Flu

Dr Darija Kisic Tepavcevic said the analysis showed that this is precisely the region of the country where we have the highest rates of disease incidence, while in the rest of the country, a stable epidemiological situation is recorded.
She stated that this was precisely the reason why a new crisis staff was formed with Minister Nedimovic at the helm.

Three Greek nationals are in quarantine in the Chinese province of Hubei, according to diplomatic sources cited by state-run news agency ANA-MPA on Friday evening.

The number of people with serious flu symptoms is rising while beds in Greek hospitals' intensive care units are filling up fast.

Five people have died of complications related to the flu in the past two weeks, data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) showed on Thursday, suggesting that the flu season is getting under way.

None had received a flu vaccination, KEELPNO said.

Last year's flu season started in mid-December and was particularly harsh, claiming 108 lives.

Istanbul's emergency services were completely full on the night of Jan. 4 due to a flu epidemic, according to Doğan News Agency.

Bad weather conditions reportedly triggered a flu epidemic throughout Turkey, especially in Istanbul, following heavy snowfall in many parts of the country.

Christmas holidays of school students will continue by January 06, Friday, due to fears of a flu epidemic, Bulgaria's Education Ministry has said.

Schools were to reopen no January 05.

However, a third of Bulgaria's municipalities have already registered a flu epidemic, and authorities are trying to prevent the disease from spreading further.

Turkey's Health Ministry has urged for calm as over 11,000 people with influenza symptoms flocked to hospitals in southeastern Batman province over the last week and reports of swine flu created panic in nearby Van province. 

A 33-year-old man from Galati (north-east of the Capital), who on Oct. 18 had returned home from Equatorial Guinea, a country hit by Ebola epidemic, was urgently taken to Bucharest Victor Babes Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases on Tuesday.