06 November 2009, 13:00
Dagestan now has 12 swine flu patients
As of November 5 in Dagestan, twelve infections with A/H1N1 virus were laboratory confirmed. The chief medical sanitation officer of the Republic Dagestan has ruled to put several school classes and higher school group under quarantine.
"All the cases were registered in Makhachkala. The seriousness of the disease is light in 11 patients and medium - in one case," the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Russian Federal Agency for Consumer Supervision) of Dagestan.
As of November 5, Dagestan received 710,900 vaccine dozes, and about 252,000 persons were immunized.
Author: Timur Isaev Source: CK correspondent