Romania Registers 96 Deaths, 6,255 AH1N1 Infections

Romania registers 96 fatalities and 6,255 infections with the AH1N1 flu virus, as two deaths and 34 new infections have been reported over the past 24 hours, Romania’s Health Ministry said Wednesday.

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New AH1N1 infection cases were registered in capital city Bucharest and Botosani county (seven cases each), Dambovita county (four cases), counties Galati and Hunedoara (three cases each), counties Argeş, Iasi and Mures (two cases each), counties Cluj, Constanta, Prahova and Ilfov (one case each), according to the latest data from the Center for Prevention and Control of Transmissible Diseases.

Health Ministry secretary of state Adrian Streinu-Cercel, alongside other ministry officials, on Tuesday set off checkups on family physicians to see how the vaccination campaign against the AH1N1 flu virus is unfolding. Sanitary inspectors will conduct similar checkups during January 7-27.

The vaccination campaign is free and available to all individuals aged over 16.

On December 15, 2009, Romanian authorities said the country is ready to produce five million doses of vaccine until February 2010.

The campaign set off on November 26, 2009, by releasing 1,340,000 doses of vaccine.

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