Two new strains of flu are ready to attack - Rospotrebnador warns
On the territory of Russia in this epidemic season is expected to appear two new strains of influenza virus.
Two new types of mutated virus can attack the Russians this fall. Rospotrebnadzor disseminated information about this, reminders appeared on the informational stands of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
New strains, according to the report, have not previously met specialists. Russians are not vaccinated from them, immunity to new modifications of the dangerous virus has not been formed.
Experts Rospotrebnadzor claim that the duration of the disease, if the infection occurs with new strains, lasts about a week. In severe cases, more than two weeks.
At risk - children, the elderly, pregnant women. For them, the complications of new strains can be very dangerous. Therefore, they are recommended to be vaccinated. It does not protect against new strains, but significantly reduces the likelihood of getting sick.
Almost 63 million doses of the domestic vaccine were purchased at the expense of the state budget. They are intended for people at high risk.
Vaccination started in late summer. Vaccinated this year can not only in the clinic. Children will receive vaccinations in schools and kindergartens, teens will be able to get the vaccine for free with their parents in shopping centers. Many large cities went to the organization of vaccination points in entertainment centers with high attendance.
