Georgia reports first death from swine flu this year
Xinhua, January 18, 2016 Adjust font size:
A 39-year-old man was confirmed as the first case dying of complications after being infected with swine flu, Georgian authorities announced Sunday.
The man was transferred from western Georgia to the capital city when he was in a very critical condition, but died soon last week, according to Paata Imnadze, head of the Georgian National Center for Disease Control (NCDC).
He confirmed that the cause of the death was the infection of the swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus.
However, Imnadze said there is no threat of major outbreaks in Georgia. "We expect some increase since last December but not outbreak," he said, adding that the situation is under control.
The first case of H1N1 infection in Georgia was registered in 2009. During the flu season between 2010 and 2011, the virus claimed 33 lives and infected 1,800 people in the country. Enditem