Russia Ready to Face Flu Outbreak

VLADIVOSTOK. November 4. VOSTOK-MEDIA – Russia experiences fewer A/H1N1 cases as compared to other countries and is equipped to tackle outbreaks of any diseases, Veronika Skvortsova, Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development stated during an interview with journalists.

RF Ministry of Health is ready to face any outcomes of the pandemic. Health care institutions as well as pharmacy chains are properly supplied with antivirals, protective masks and respirators. All constituent entities of the Russian Federation provided local hospitals with additional beds, sad Veronika Skvortsova.

The Deputy Minister believes that Russia experiences a comparatively mild pandemic flu.

“The worst-case scenario is very unlikely to happen. We keep hoping for the best, but keep planning for the worst,” – Veronika Skvortsova stressed.