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Monday, January 24, 2011

Finland reports 50 new A/H1N1 flu cases

Via People's Daily Online, excerpt :

" About 50 new A/H1N1 flu cases have been reported at a brigade base of the Finnish Defense Forces in Kajaani in central Finland, Finnish media reported Sunday.According to the report, the patients have started to exhibit influenza symptoms since January 10, when this year's new conscripts reported for service.

The results of laboratory test showed that the patients have contracted A/H1N1 flu virus, against which they had not been vaccinated before their military service.

Finland saw its first A/H1N1 flu case of the latest flu season last November, when a conscript at an armored brigade base in southern Finland was confirmed to have been infected with the virus."

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