Via The New Times: Swine flu reported in Burera. Excerpt:
One month after the situation had stabilized; new cases of the influenza A, H1N1 commonly known as Swine flu have been confirmed in Burera district, Northern Province.
This was revealed yesterday, by Dr. Justin Wane, the Head of the Swine flu response team in the Ministry of Health. According to Wane, at the beginning of February, the infection rate went down completely with only one or two cases reported in a week.
However, with the seasonal flu at hand, infections were projected to increase.
“We received reports that cases of swine flu in Burera were on the increase. Samples were taken for testing and at the beginning of last week, there were six laboratory confirmed cases in this district,” he said.
“We are still conducting more tests so we are yet to have an updated report. There number of seasonal flu cases at the moment is also high and one problem we are facing is that most people are confusing these common flu infections to the influenza A H1N1.”
