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Influenza A (H1N1) infection to spread in Kazakhstan

The influenza A (H1N1) infection will spread in Kazakhstan. The Minister of Health of Kazakhstan, Zhaksylyk Doskaliev, stated today in the interview to journalists after the session of the staff for counteraction and distribution of the influenza H1N1 in Kazakhstan, the agency reports.

Astana. July 27. Kazakhstan Today - The influenza A (H1N1) infection will spread in Kazakhstan. The Minister of Health of Kazakhstan, Zhaksylyk Doskaliev, stated today in the interview to journalists after the session of the staff for counteraction and distribution of the influenza H1N1 in Kazakhstan, the agency reports.

Z. Doskaliev said that all the patients who have the virus H1N1 in Kazakhstan "fortunately have non-severe form of the disease." "Upon the end of quarantine they will go home. However, it does not mean that the quantity of such patients in Kazakhstan will not increase. Kazakhstan is a transit country. Many our students now on vacation abroad," the Minister of Health said.

He informed, "The next group of students coming back from abroad will be on August 18." "We have established communication with those countries where they are now to learn about their health condition," Z. Doskaliev informed.

13 cases of the virus of the influenza A (H1N1) have been registered in Kazakhstan as of today.

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