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Viewing cable 09YEKATERINBURG74, URALS REGION GRAPPLES WITH GRIPPE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09YEKATERINBURG74 2009-11-13 09:33 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Yekaterinburg
VZCZCXRO7002
RR RUEHLN RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHYG #0074 3170933
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 130933Z NOV 09
FM AMCONSUL YEKATERINBURG
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1385
INFO RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 1028
RUEHLN/AMCONSUL ST PETERSBURG 0607
RUEHVK/AMCONSUL VLADIVOSTOK 0617
RUEHYG/AMCONSUL YEKATERINBURG 1422
UNCLAS YEKATERINBURG 000074 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR OES/IHB 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SOCI KFLU WHO PGOV RS
SUBJECT: URALS REGION GRAPPLES WITH GRIPPE 
 
1. Summary:  The H1N1 outbreak is the main topic of the week in 
Sverdlovsk oblast now that a new governor has been named.  A flu 
epidemic was declared for the oblast last week.  Deaths from 
H1N1 have been confirmed in Chelyabinsk oblast, Surgut, and 
Bashkortostan.  School vacations in many oblasts of the Urals 
Federal District (URF) were extended, and health advisories to 
avoid public meetings and to eat properly have been issued. 
Pharmacies have run out of masks and supplies of cold and flu 
remedies are low.  End summary. 
 
2. On November 6, Sverdlovsk oblast public health officials 
declared a swine flu epidemic in six cities:  Yekaterinburg, 
Pervouralsk, Krasnoturyinsk, Serov, Verkhnyaya Pyshma and 
Aramil.  Doctors said that a swine flu epidemic has been present 
in the region for at least three weeks.  Experts believe the 
epidemic in Sverdlovsk will last four weeks and estimate that 20 
percent of the population will be infected.  "We have confirmed 
cases unconnected with trips to foreign counties in the last two 
or three weeks.  These are local cases. It means that the virus 
is spreading in Yekaterinburg," Aleksandr Kharitonov, the city's 
chief epidemiologist, said on November 9.  Public health doctors 
recommend that people wear facemasks to lessen the risk of 
contracting or spreading the flu and Sverdlovsk towns now 
require that public transport workers and employees of 
supermarkets, shops, and cafes wear masks.  The stock of masks 
at many pharmacies ran out almost at once.  Doctors will make 
house calls on people complaining of fever to prevent spreading 
the disease at hospitals.  Next week the vaccination campaign 
against swine flu will begin.  The first to be inoculated are 
children between three and 17 years of age. 
 
3. As of November 11, Sverdlovsk confirmed 66 cases of swine 
flu.  Between October 1 and November 6 alone, 59 cases were 
confirmed.  The first case in the middle Urals was recorded this 
summer when school children returned from trip to London. 
Officials say the level of acute respiratory infections this 
year is three times higher than the average in preceding years. 
Last week, 33,692 cases of acute respiratory infection were 
recorded, of which about half were in Yekaterinburg.  About 
2,000 cases of acute respiratory infection are confirmed in 
Yekaterinburg alone every day.   Officials have announced that 
the best prophylactic available in Sverdlovsk is anti-flu 
preparations and substances that strengthen the immune system. 
Nutritionists stress the need to eat properly to ward off 
infection, starting with breakfast.  The suggested diet 
emphasizes whole grains while cutting out fast food and sugar. 
 
4. In Chelyabinsk oblast, officials have designated swine flu as 
A/H1N1/California/04/09.  In the 24-hour period from November 11 
to 12, another four people were confirmed as having H1N1.  The 
total number of diagnosed cases in the oblast is now 128, of 
whom 84 are children.  Six have already died.  On October 30, 
the first death from swine flu occurred in Surgut (YNAO).  The 
patient died two days after delivering a baby.  This was the 
second death in the Urals Federal District of a pregnant woman. 
Another woman died in Chelyabinsk oblast.  On November 5, a 
25-year old man died of H1N1 in Ufa, ten days after falling ill. 
 This was the sixth confirmed case in Bashkortostan. 
 
5. In Kurgan oblast as of Nov. 11 there were 21 confirmed cases 
of swine flu and 3,248 cases of acute respiratory infection; in 
Perm oblast 124, of which 81 were confirmed in the last five 
days.  Perm city became one of three Russian cities where a 
vaccine against H1N1 is being tested.  The vaccine Inflyuvir has 
already passed clinical trials and been determined safe for 
trials on people older than 60 and children, the age groups 
facing higher risks from flu complications.  Perm is recruiting 
30 adult volunteers for the trials.  Medical experts expect that 
within 30 days of vaccination they will be able to tell whether 
an individual's immune system has strengthened.  The first test 
group will be adults.  After the safety and efficacy of the 
vaccine have been tested on adults, the vaccine will be tested 
on three groups of children:  one group of 12-18 year-olds, one 
of 7-11 year olds, and one 3-6 year olds, each group of 30 
children. 
 
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