"This year we will observe a very serious flu wave and we must take all measures to protect ourselves. In the last two weeks, the number of patients with acute respiratory diseases has doubled. At the moment, the highest incidence is in children from 0 to 5 years, followed by those aged 5 to 15. That's why the children's wards are overcrowded, Prof. Iva Hristova, director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, told BNR.

According to her, the average morbidity for the country is 52 per 10,000, and about 450 per 10,000 - for children.

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It is important to do everything possible to protect children

. It is an essential moment to keep them in nurseries and kindergartens, also in schools. When it comes to symptoms, because children get worse quite quickly, it is important to contact the personal doctor. To do a test to know what kind of virus it is," explained Prof. Hristova.

"At the moment, the children's department is full. We treat children from 0 to 18 years old. Most of the admitted children are in infancy and up to 5 years old," said Dr. Dobrinka Stoicheva, director of the Children's Department at Loveshka Hospital.

A study carried out by RZI-Lovech on randomly selected children being treated at the Children's Department of the city hospital showed that three of the children had influenza type H1N1, one had respiratory syncytial virus, and no virus was isolated from the others , said Dr. Stoycheva.

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Prof. Iva Hristova