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Skopje, September 7 - Laboratory analysis made in the Institute for public health has shown the presence of the new type of virus A (H1N1) with one hospitalized patient, which is državjanin in Italy. Patient feels well and receveid a tamiflu treatment.
[...] 144 patients // 43 confirmed with the new flu virus

. Over the last 24 hours, the Institute of Public Health in Macedonia received information for 20 people infected with the new A(H1N1) flu virus, Macedonian online media report.
All of the people have been examined at the clinic for infectious diseases and now undergo medical treatment, A1 television reports.
The Commission on Pandemic Flu held sitting on Sunday and outlined recommendations and measures for people’s protection against catching the virus. Authorities advise people to avoid public events, infected people to stay isolated at home, to restrict visitations at hospitals, medical officers to wear masks.

Macedonia registers new 42 flu cases
Saturday, 14 November 2009

In the last 24 hours, 9 out of 42 people, infected by the new flu, have been kept at the Infectious disease clinic, health institute said.

Swine flu toll rises to 25 people, who are been treated at the Clinic.

Pandemic Commission said that closing of schools was not an adequate measure to prevent the H1N1 virus from spreading.

Commission members said that students will be excused from school only if they have the flu-like symptoms.

They’ve recommended that new flu cases should be confirmed by blood analysis. If the number reaches 300, chronically ill people, children and pregnant women in Macedonia will be the first to receive vaccination.

SKOPJE - Macedonia has recorded its first death caused by influenza A (H1N1) with the death of a 32 year old man hospitalized two days ago, reported Wednesday the private television station Sitel.

According to Sitel, the man was hospitalized at the clinic for infections in Skopje on Monday for severe pneumonia.

A woman of 55 years hospitalized in the same clinic is in a critical condition, the source said.

A hundred cases of infection with influenza A (H1N1) were reported in Macedonia so far.

The Health Minister Bujar Osmani said that representatives of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis was expected in Skopje on Thursday to discuss the date the vaccine against swine flu would be available in Macedonia.

Second Swine Flu Casualty in Macedonia
Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

27 November 2009 Macedonia's Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday that a 77 years-old man is the country’s second swine flu related death.

He died three days ago at the Skopje Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Care, the ministry said noting that only after conducting tests was the cause of death confirmed to be swine flu.

The patient had a heart disease and was admitted on 21 November, the ministry said. He died two days after.

A 32-years old man who died on 19 November was the first swine flu victim in Macedonia.

At the Skopje based Infectious Disease Clinic, a 55-year old woman is still fighting for her life. Several other patients, most of whom had previous health conditions, are also in the intensive care unit.

Health officials say that the number of infected since the outbreak of the potentially deadly influenza is slowly reaching 1000. However they point out that some 90 per cent of them have already recovered.

Doctors warn that the actual number of infected might be considerably higher since not all infected reported to clinics and were registered by the state.

SKOPJE - Macedonia has been a third death caused by influenza A (H1N1) in the case of a man of 34 who was hospitalized in serious condition in Skopje, a doctor said Saturday.

The virus has caused "complications to his overall condition and heart disease" which caused the death of the patient, told the press Zvonko Milenkovic, head of the clinic for infectious diseases in Skopje.

A hundred cases of infection with influenza A (H1N1) were reported in Macedonia so far. The state of epidemic has still not been enacted.

Swine Flu claims Third Victim in Macedonia
28 November 2009

Another person has died due to complications caused by the A/H1N1 flu virus, director of the Clinic for Infectious Diseases Zvonko Milenkovic said on Saturday.

Dr. Milenkovic informed that a 34-year old person was admitted to the clinic with a deteriorating health condition. - Due to complications caused by progressive bronchopneumonia, the person died within less than 60 hours, said the doctor.

This is the third swine flu fatality in Macedonia following the deaths of two men aged 32 and 77 years respectively.

Chairwoman of the Pandemic Flu Committee Jovanka Kostovska said that 2,600 people have been tested positive for H1N1 flu so far. - This figure is not worrisome, but it is expected to increase, she added.

Minister of Health Bujar Osmani said Macedonia was one of the first countries in the region to launch vaccination of health workers, adding that as of next week people of risky groups would be vaccinated.

- There's plenty of vaccines for all those who will come voluntarily to be vaccinated. We ask the public not to run a campaign against vaccination, because it successfully tackles the consequences. We encourage vaccination and urge the citizens to be vaccinated, stressed Osmani.

The first 20,000 vaccines from Swiss company Baxter are due to arrive this coming week.

Macedonia registers fourth flu-related victim
30 November 2009

Macedonia’s fourth flu-related victim is a 55 year-old woman, who in the last 13 days had been critical and was put on respiratory machine, Health ministry said.

The patient had been hospitalized two weeks ago with severe bronchopneumonia, high fever, heavy breathing and signs of septic shock.

In just a few hours the patient had been put on a respiratory machine, which kept her alive up till today.

She was treated with antiviral therapy, combined with antibiotic therapy and she was given plasma, erythrocyte, insulin and bronchodilators.