Influenza is losing ground in Russia

In the 52 Russian regions, the seasonal incidence of influenza and viral infections stopped or slowed down. On this, as broadcast "News", reported in this Rospotrebnadzore.Pri in 31 regions has been an increase in the incidence of influenza and acute respiratory infections and this process there will last another three to four weeks, Radio Mayak. As stated by the chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko, every fifth sick diagnosed swine flu virus - H1N1, but the rest - the influenza virus B.

Suffer mainly from the Central, Siberian and Ural federal districts. The peak incidence is now registered doctors in Kamchatka. In most schools, the regional center agreed to extend the quarantine. Until Monday canceled classes in the schools of the Ulyanovsk region.

In St. Petersburg have also begun to close the schools in which more than 10% of children do not attend classes because of illness.

On Wednesday, February 9, all of Moscow's schoolchildren returned to their desks after the unscheduled break, caused by the quarantine, announced due to the growth of influenza and SARS.