Wednesday, September 9, 2009

First Swine Flu deaths in Sweden & Norway

Norway and Sweden have both recently announced their first Swine Flu, the first death from H1N1 virus in a Nordic country.

Thursday, reported the Norwegian Health officials that the Danish truck driver had fallen in the pneumonia infection. Man is the first victim in accordance with Danish Danish healthcare system. Much else is known other than that he had his thirties and were understood to have contracted the virus while working.

On Friday, reported the Swedish city of Uppsala, Sweden, to a man in the thirties, was pronounced dead, after displaying flu-like symptoms in their own homes. Close Akademiska Hospital doctors later confirmed that test results show the presence of H1N1 virus.

Sweden is not a man traveled abroad, although there are few reported cases, none of the A strain is selected in the area around the university city of Uppsala, about 80 kilometers north of Stockholm. Swedish officials have suggested that nearly one thousand cases, the swine flu infections have been reported in the country for years.

In August, led the Swedish municipalities and regions / SKL, the government 18 million doses of swine flu vaccine enough for the entire population recommended to receive a double dose calculation. The first dose is given to the end of September, with follow-up, three weeks later.

Sweden has adopted the possibility of infection very seriously, banning teachers from a school principal, Borlange shaking hands with the students. Also some consternation among politicians, leading up to elections this month, giving limits for human contact. Every child with photo opportunities are likely to be withdrawn.

Many of the Swedish Church, the issue of communal wine cups of disease transmission by altering the traditional alcohol-free wine and light stronger, fortified wine, travel, which is very happy patrons.

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