Almaty swine flu cases rise to 2
12:49, 31 July 2009
ALMATY. July 31. KAZINFORM /Aigul Turysbakova/ One more A/H1N1 flu case was registered in Almaty. The patient is a 9-years-old boy who came from Britain on July 22; Kazinform refers to the press-service of Almaty Akimat.
According to Almaty sanitary-epidemiological surveillance department of the Kazakh Ministry of Healthcare initial flu symptom appeared as sore throat on July 28. His parent treated him themselves and called ambulance only on July, 29.
The analysis taken on July, 30 showed presence of Influenza A/H1N1 virus. At present the boy is on on-home treatment connected with his satisfactory condition.
The boy and his parents are under medical surveillance.