Health Ministry specialists have announced that there is no influenza epidemic in Romania, but they have provided the national healthcare network with a series of recommendations.

A ministry press release said the risk of outbreak is average and the number of cases of colds or flu is on the rise.

Cases of A/H1N1 flu infection have been registered all over the country, with centers of contagion in Iasi, Bucharest, Constanta and Mures. The dominant strain, infection with which has resulted in deaths, is A/H1N1, but infection with the B virus and the A virus subtype H3N2 have also been reported.

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