2009 swine flu pandemic in Croatia

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.

Main article: 2009 flu pandemic in Europe
2009 flu pandemic in Croatia
Pandemija svinjske gripe u Hrvatskoj 2009. (in Croatian)
DiseaseSwine Flu
Virus strainH1N1
LocationCroatia
First outbreak
  • Australia
Index caseZagreb
Arrival date3 July 2009
Confirmed cases526
Deaths
22

The trail of the 2009 flu pandemic had left 526 people infected and 22 died from the disease.

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.[1] 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".[2] On 30 April, a child was held in quarantine in Zagreb but the results were negative.[3] 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.[4]

History

The first case was Laboratory confirmed on 3 July. The patient was a 60-year-old woman, who came from Australia.[5] On 31 October, a 61-year-old man from Split became the first patient in Croatia to die because of swine flu.[6]

The pandemic throughout its career had managed to infect 526 people and kill 22 people before it ended.

References
  1. "Svinjska gripa i u Hrvatskoj?". Index.hr. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  2. "Net.hr". Net.hr. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  3. "Potvrđeno: Kod djeteta nije utvrđen virus svinjske gripe". Index.hr. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  4. "Nalaz iz Londona je bio lažan: u Hrvatskoj nema svinjske gripe". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  5. "Ovaj put nije lažna uzbuna: Svinjska gripa stigla u Hrvatsku!". dnevnik.hr. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  6. "Prva smrt od svinjske gripe u Hrvatskoj: "Epidemija će trajati duže od godinu dana!"". index.hr. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
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