Condition of 'swine flu' patients satisfactory: Azerbaijan's senior health official

He said the condition of ‘swine flu’ patients who are undergoing treatment both in hospitals and theirs homes is satisfactory.

“All of them are on the mend. One of the patients,  relative of a woman who ‘imported’ the disease from Ukraine, has been discharged from hospital,” he said.

Azerbaijani national, resident of country’s Kurdamir region, who arrived from Ivano-Frankovsk province of Ukraine in late Oct., was tested positive for ‘swine flu’ in early Nov.

Two more A(H1/N1) cases were revealed on Nov. 5. One of them is a relative of the Kurdamir resident. The other arrived from Ukraine by plane in early Nov.

Azerbaijan confirmed eight more A/H1N1 cases on Nov. 9.

New cases have been confirmed with three people who have arrived from Ukraine, one with a person who have arrived from Turkey and one is foreigner who has arrived from England. The remaining three have caught the disease from the infected individuals.

Day.Az