Kurdistan: We did not record swine flu cases and we took all precautions

Shafaq News / The Ministry of Health of Kurdistan Region announced that no cases of swine flu were recorded, after mounting warnings in this regard, after several cases were recorded in Iran.

The Ministry of Health said that, "We have not recorded during the current year any case of swine flu, or record the risk of its spread."

But the ministry confirmed that it took all precautions to combat the virus.

Various Iranian cities witnessed 81 deaths from swine flu, and about 8,000 others went to hospitals and health centers on suspicion of contracting this disease.

On Sunday, the hospitals of Nineveh Governorate recorded suspected bird flu cases for a number of patients.

A health official told Shafaq News that the governorate's hospitals have so far suspected five cases of bird flu.

He added that the condition of one of the patients is serious.

The disease (bird flu) can be transmitted to humans, and may cause deaths, and Iraq recorded in previous years several cases of the disease.

Infected birds cannot be treated, and medical personnel simply burn and bury them at specific depths under the ground.

The spread of the disease usually causes great economic losses to the chicken breeder.