The first case of H1N1 flu was detected in Lviv region: what is known about the epidemic situation
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The first case of influenza A H1N1 of this epidemic season has been reported in Lviv region. According to the Central Public Health Center, 476,738 people fell ill with SARS from September to October, which is 13.8% less than last year.
The first case of influenza A H1N1 of this epidemic season has been recorded in Lviv region, said Natalia Timko-Ivanchenko, director general of the Lviv Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention, on Monday, UNN reports.
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"For the first time in this epidemic season, a case of influenza A H1N1 was registered in Lviv region. The patient was treated at the Lviv Regional Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital. The epidemic threshold has not been exceeded. Vaccination continues!" Timko-Ivanchenko posted on Facebook.
Addendum
According to the data of the Central Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health, earlier in the week of October 7-13, in Cherkasy region, during the examination of samples from patients with suspected influenza, fragments of RNA of influenza type B viruses were detected in one case.
According to the Public Health Center, during the epidemic season, from September 30 to October 27, 2024, 476,738 people (1.3% of the country's population) suffered from SARS , which is 13.8% less than in the same period of the 2023-2024 season. Since the beginning of the current epidemic season, 9,264 cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed among the total number of patients with SARS, which is 1.9% of the total number of reported cases of SARS.
Since the beginning of the current epidemic season, the number of deaths from influenza and ARVI is 35; all cases occurred among people who tested positive for COVID-19.
As of October 27, according to routine epidemiological surveillance, SARS-CoV-2 viruses dominated among positive laboratory results in 82% of cases, while other influenza and respiratory viruses (parainfluenza, adenoviruses, RS viruses, rhinoviruses, bocaviruses, coronaviruses OC43, 229E, NL63, HKU1) were detected in other cases.
