Swine flu still plagues Iceland

Four people are currently in intensive care in Iceland due to H1N1 (the swine flu) – but according to Olafur Baldursson, the chief medical doctor at the Reykjavik City Hospital, this number has decreased since yesterday.

There have also been two patients diagnosed with swine flu in the northern town of Akureyri, three suspected cases in health institutes across the southern part of the country, and one in Blonduos, a small town with a population of around 1000 people in the North of Iceland.

“Towns and villages in the countryside are inevitably going to feel the impact as well,” says Haraldur Breim, Iceland’s Chief Epidemiologist.

However, according to the chief medical officer at the city hospital, preparations and proceedings in relation to the swine flu are going very well and day-to-day plans and strategies are all being dealt with and controlled by the hospital’s committee board.

Haraldur Breim confirmed there are now 32 people hospitalised because of the swine flu in Iceland.

Mbl.is reports