Sewine flu in Iraq kills 5 since early January

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Sewine flu in Iraq kills 5 since early JanuaryMonday, February 7th 2011 10:58 AM

Baghdad, Feb. 7 (AKnews) - Swine flu deaths Iraq has increased to 5 cases from 2

in a week ago with cases of infections increased to 72 from 61, according to the

Iraqi Health Ministry.

The Iraqi Health Ministry says it has taken preventive measures in Baghdad and

other provinces to limit the spread of swine flu. In January 2011, two deaths

caused by the H1N1 virus were recorded in Iraq with 61 cases of infections.

The new figures were released by the Iraqi Health Ministry a week after

recording the 3 new deaths caused by the flu in Najaf, Basra and Baghdad

provinces.

No case of infection with the H1N1 virus has been reported in the northern

region of Kurdistan in 2011.

Ihsan Mouhammed Jaafar, director of the public health department in the Ministry

told AKnews that the among the five dead is one Pakistani national who had

visited Iraq during the Shia religious ceremonies in Najaf.

During the Shia religous rites and ceremonies of Ashura and Arba'iniya, millions

of pilgrims from around the world visit the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala to

mourn the death of Imam Hasan and Hussein - the grandsons of prophet Mohammed.

The recent three deaths were the result of belated transfer of the infected

persons with the flu to hospital due to the similarity of the flu to regular

winter flu, Jaafar said.

Had the patients been transferred to hospital their lives could have been saved

because, according to Jaffar, the treatment of influenza is available in Iraq

" in large quantities " .

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Sewine flu in Iraq kills 5 since early JanuaryMonday, February 7th 2011 10:58 AM

Baghdad, Feb. 7 (AKnews) - Swine flu deaths Iraq has increased to 5 cases from 2

in a week ago with cases of infections increased to 72 from 61, according to the

Iraqi Health Ministry.

The Iraqi Health Ministry says it has taken preventive measures in Baghdad and

other provinces to limit the spread of swine flu. In January 2011, two deaths

caused by the H1N1 virus were recorded in Iraq with 61 cases of infections.

The new figures were released by the Iraqi Health Ministry a week after

recording the 3 new deaths caused by the flu in Najaf, Basra and Baghdad

provinces.

No case of infection with the H1N1 virus has been reported in the northern

region of Kurdistan in 2011.

Ihsan Mouhammed Jaafar, director of the public health department in the Ministry

told AKnews that the among the five dead is one Pakistani national who had

visited Iraq during the Shia religious ceremonies in Najaf.

During the Shia religous rites and ceremonies of Ashura and Arba'iniya, millions

of pilgrims from around the world visit the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala to

mourn the death of Imam Hasan and Hussein - the grandsons of prophet Mohammed.

The recent three deaths were the result of belated transfer of the infected

persons with the flu to hospital due to the similarity of the flu to regular

winter flu, Jaafar said.

Had the patients been transferred to hospital their lives could have been saved

because, according to Jaffar, the treatment of influenza is available in Iraq

" in large quantities " .