Flu epidemic kills 7 in Moscow

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No fewer than seven people have died of flu complications in Moscow since December, Alexey Khripun, a deputy head of the Moscow health department, said on Wednesday.
"As for today, seven lethal cases caused by flu complications were reported for December and January," Khripun said, adding that the figure is lower than in 2009, when the swine flu, officially known as influenza virus A/H1N1, first appeared in Moscow, report Tass.
Swine flu is contagious, and it spreads in the same way as the seasonal flu.
The most serious complication of the flu is pneumonia, leading to fatal cases.
According to Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova, the flu epidemic in Russia is currently under control and more than 30 percent of the country’s population has been vaccinated Some 45 million Russians have got the flu vaccine, Skvortsova reported at President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with the cabinet.
"Flu came [to Russia] from eastern European countries, including Ukraine," the minister said, adding that 47 out of 85 Russian regions had been affected by the epidemic.

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