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An Azerbaijani citizen who returned from Ukraine has been diagnosed with the A/H1N1 virus (swine flu), according to the Health Miinstry.
The female patient, a resident of the Kurdamir district, had temporarily lived in Ukraine’s Ivanovo-Frankovsk province and came back to her home country in late October.
The woman, whose name is not disclosed for now, is being treated at the Scientific Research Institute of Lung Diseases in Baku.
Health official Shair Gurbanov says the patient’s condition is satisfactory. He said the woman had sought medical aid with flu symptoms, and the alarming results of lab tests conducted afterwards were revealed on Tuesday night.
According to Gurbanov, the persons who were in contact with the patient are also undergoing a medical examination, and, so far, none of them have been diagnosed with any suspicious disorders.
Concerns over the threat of swine flu mounted in Azerbaijan in July when two persons - residents of Baku and the northwestern city of Ganja – contracted the virus while in France and Britain. The two were subsequently treated for the disease.
The notorious virus known as swine flu, which began to spread rapidly this spring, has killed 5,000 people around the world so far, and about 415,000 people are infected with the H1N1 strain, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest estimates.
Azerbaijan will send aid to Ukraine to help fight the deadly virus in the country where it is spreading fast. Ukrainian Ambassador in Baku, Boris Klimchuk, said 20 tons of aid will be delivered to his country on Friday, on orders from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The assistance includes medicine, protective masks and other basic items needed to counter the H1N1 strain.
Ukraine’s Health Miinstry announced an epidemic of swine flu on October 30, and the government announced quarantine in nine provinces of the country. 81 people have died of the virus in Ukraine, according to official figures.*