Flu outbreak in Homel region

Healthcare authorities in Homel and Mazyr have introduced epidemic prevention measures, while six schools in the Dobrush, Kalinkavichy and Homel districts were closed for quarantine.
The similar measures are likely to be introduced in Rechytsa, Svetlahorsk and Zhlobin.

Rastsislau Zinovich, a deputy chief sanitary doctor for the Homel region, told the Belapan news agency that almost 8000 people seek medical treatment for flu daily. 20 percent of the patients are diagnozed with seasonal flu. No deaths caused by the virus have been reported.

Belapan