1 Dec 2009

A mutated virus found in Italy

The swine flu has hit the headlines again. Many mass media reported about the mutated virus that was found in one patient out of 100 tested in Italy. According to the Ministry, there was also a case of antiviral resistance to oseltamivir among 160 tested patients. Actually, Italian media haven't reported about antiviral drugs at all, and still now they don't seem interested in this issue. The Italian health authorities keep suggesting that people get the swine flu vaccine, besides the seasonal one. Quite interestingly, the Italian Deputy Health Minister Ferruccio Fazio has said that the vaccination campaign could include also people over 65 years in the risk group, as it has been asked by WHO. In Italy elderly people have been excluded from the vaccine campaign, even though they are asthmatic, obese or affected by other risky desease.

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