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2009 swine flu pandemic in Croatia
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2009 flu pandemic in CroatiaPandemija svinjske gripe u Hrvatskoj 2009. (in Croatian) Swine Flu H1N1 Croatia Zagreb 3 July 2009 Australia 22 526
2009 flu pandemic in Europe
The 2009 flu pandemic in Croatia or 2009 swine flu in Croatia (Croatian: Pandemija gripe u Hrvatskoj 2009; Pandemija svinjske gripe u Hrvatskoj 2009.) was a pandemic event in Croatia during the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
The trail of the 2009 flu pandemic had left 526 people infected and 22 died from the disease.
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Background
On 29 April it was announced that a 22-year-old traveler from Florida had been held in quarantine in Osijek, Croatia under suspicion of swine flu.http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/svinjska-gripa-i-u-hrvatskoj/431720.aspx Svinjska gripa i u Hrvatskoj? Index.hr 2 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090502101042/http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/svinjska-gripa-i-u-hrvatskoj/431720.aspx 2 May 2009 live Later that day, however, the Director of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Agency, Dr. Ira Gjenero Margan, stated results of the testing for swine flu were negative "with 99% certainty".http://danas.net.hr/hrvatska/page/2009/04/29/0641006.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120224180300/http://danas.net.hr/hrvatska/page/2009/04/29/0641006.html dead 24 February 2012 Net.hr Net.hr 30 April 2009 On 30 April, a child was held in quarantine in Zagreb but the results were negative.http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/potvrdjeno-kod-djeteta-nije-utvrdjen-virus-svinjske-gripe/431788.aspx Potvrđeno: Kod djeteta nije utvrđen virus svinjske gripe Index.hr 2 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090503034235/http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/potvrdjeno-kod-djeteta-nije-utvrdjen-virus-svinjske-gripe/431788.aspx 3 May 2009 live On 15 June, health minister Darko Milinovic confirmed the first case of swine flu in Croatia; however a few hours later he said that a laboratory in London, United Kingdom, had cross-contaminated the samples and thus created a false positive result, meaning that there were no infections in Croatia.http://jutarnji.hr/vijesti/clanak/art-2009,6,15,,166728.jl Nalaz iz Londona je bio lažan: u Hrvatskoj nema svinjske gripe 15 June 2009 Jutarnji list Croatian 15 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090617065501/http://jutarnji.hr/vijesti/clanak/art-2009%2C6%2C15%2C%2C166728.jl 17 June 2009 live
History
The first case was Laboratory confirmed on 3 July. The patient was a 60-year-old woman, who came from Australia.http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/ovaj-put-nije-lazna-uzbuna-svinjska-gripa-stigla-u-hrvatsku.html/431720.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20110721154827/http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/ovaj-put-nije-lazna-uzbuna-svinjska-gripa-stigla-u-hrvatsku.html/431720.aspx dead 21 July 2011 Ovaj put nije lažna uzbuna: Svinjska gripa stigla u Hrvatsku! dnevnik.hr 3 July 2009 On 31 October, a 61-year-old man from Split became the first patient in Croatia to die because of swine flu.http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/prva-smrt-od-svinjske-gripe-u-hrvatskoj-epidemija-ce-trajati-duze-od-godinu-dana/457750.aspx Prva smrt od svinjske gripe u Hrvatskoj: "Epidemija će trajati duže od godinu dana!" index.hr 31 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091103015145/http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/prva-smrt-od-svinjske-gripe-u-hrvatskoj-epidemija-ce-trajati-duze-od-godinu-dana/457750.aspx 3 November 2009 live
References
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