Swine Flu
Swine flu patients to be treated for free in Moldova
November 11, 2009The treatment of the Moldovan citizens infected with the influenza A (H1N1) virus will be free of charge at the cost of the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund. According to the Ministry of Health, the state budget allocated 31.2 million lei ($3 million...
Swine Flu follies: Reactions and overreactions to virus's spread
November 10, 2009As the swine-flu virus continues to spread through the Balkans and the former Soviet Union, the measures taken by some governments range from bizarre and befuddled to possibly political. Moldova: Add Politics And Stir In Moldova, which has 269 confirmed...
Swine Flu: Anti-viral medicines to be brought to Moldova
November 09, 2009A set of 200 thousand dozes of medicines „Tamiflu”, purchased by the Chisinau Government for the treatment of people ill of A(H1N1) flu, will be brought to Republic of Moldova in the middle of this week, DECA-press Agency communicates. ...
Moldova to buy anti-flu drugs from Switzerland
November 07, 2009The Moldovan government has decided to purchase 500,000 dozes of antiviral medicines, worth 40m lei (3.5m US dollars), from Switzerland. Prime Minister Vlad Filat said that the number of doses to be purchased in Switzerland will cover 30 per cent of...
Moldova reports second lethal case of swine flu
November 04, 2009The second lethal case of swine flu has been registered in Moldova. The victim is a 35-year-old man who has recently returned from Russia. According to Deputy Health Minister Oleg Lozan, the man came to Moldova on Thursday evening [29 October]. The...
Ukraine: Swine Flu mania in Kyiv
November 03, 2009By Irene Chalupa Upon landing at Kyiv’s Boryspil airport on Sunday afternoon, I was met by Ukrainian passport-control personnel in surgical masks. I suddenly noticed that a number of people on line were also wearing masks of various sizes...
Swine Flu: Ukrainian hospitals to distribute Tamiflu for free
November 03, 2009Ukrainian hospitals will start distributing Tamiflu among the population this week in an effort to help people who have the flu, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. The medicine -- which is known to be effective against swine flu -- was flown to Ukraine...
Swine Flu Spreads Worldwide; Work on Vaccines Continues
July 24, 2009
By Lisa Schlein The World Health Organization says one of its highest priorities is to furnish developing countries with vaccines against the H1N1-swine flu virus. WHO says it hopes the first vaccines will be available in early Autumn before the winter...
Swine Flu Pandemic Causes Public Concerns About Hand Sanitizers
June 23, 2009The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that hand washing with soap and water when available or sanitizing with an effective hand sanitizer is critical to minimize the spread of germs during illness outbreaks, such as the H1N1...
India Reacts Calmly to Flu Pandemic Alert
June 12, 2009By Steve Herman India's government health officials say despite the designation of a global pandemic for the H1N1 virus there is no cause for alarm in the world's second most populous country. India has confirmed 16 cases of swine flu in humans and...