15 August 2009, 16:00
Second swine flue case revealed in North Ossetia
In North Ossetia, the second case of A/H1N1 virus has been registered (the so-called "swine flu"). This was reported by the republic's Ministry of Public Health.
According to the Ministry, a young woman fell ill during her vacation in Turkey. With symptoms of the new flu she was hospitalized to the First Aid Clinical Hospital, where she takes her intensive treatment, as reported by the ITAR-TASS.
Earlier, in North Ossetia, the first case of A/H1N1 was revealed. A girl of 10 from Norilsk, who came to North Ossetia to visit her relatives, caught the virus during her rest on the Bali Island in Indonesia. She spent 10 days in hospital and was discharged in the middle of this week.
The "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consuming Supervision) has addressed the heads of travel companies with an offer not to send citizens to the countries, where cases of A/H1N1 virus have been registered, as reported by the "Interfax-South".
See also: "Kokoity declares closure of the border of South Ossetia with Georgia", "Week in the Caucasus: main events of August 3-9".
