A woman aged 70 from Râșcani district of Chisinau died from flu complications last week. The number of deaths associated with flu this season rose to 29, IPN reports.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection, the flu epidemiological situation is of moderate intensity. During February 25 – March 3, there were reported 191cases of seasonal flu and 27 of these were confirmed by lab tests.
Specialists recommend the population to take prophylactic measures and respect the hygiene rules and to immediately see a doctor on the first symptoms, avoiding self-medication.
The Ministry said that 1,945 cases of flu were recorded in the period between October 1, 2018 and March 3, 2019.
