Bulgaria Towns Close Schools, Ban Public Meetings over Swine Flu

20 children are still being kept in Tryavna hospital after having pulmonary complications from the flu treatment. Photo by BGNES

The Bulgarian towns of Yambol and Tryavna have taken measures to control the spread of swine flu, including shutting schools and banning all large public meetings.

The Mayor of the Central Bulgarian town of Tryavna, Dragomir Nikolov, closed all schools and banned public meetings in the region after 200 children were infected with the H1N1 virus. All of them are said to be in a good condition but 20 are still being kept in Tryavna hospital after having pulmonary complications from the flu treatment.

The chief of the pediatric ward at the hospital, Dr. Lyubomir Zhupunov, said that it is still not clear where the outbreak came from but as Tryavna is a tourist center it is likely to have come from abroad.

In the Southern Bulgarian town of Yambol, the mathematics high school was shut after over 50% were reported to be ill. The scare came after a girl from the school was confirmed to have swine flu last week.

Elsewhere, Bulgarian health officials confirmed on Wednesday that a 32-year-old man from the town of Samokov, Central Bulgaria, died after being infected with the H1N1 virus, the country's second swine flu-related fatality.

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