Prof. Kantardzhiev: 60% of Flu Complications Require Hospitalisation

One in every five patients with influenza have flu-related complications About 60% of these complications require treatment in hospital, Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev, Director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, told BNT on 15^th of February. The most common complications are in the respiratory system - pneumonia, including staphylococcus infections in children, he added.

If adequate medication is taken within hours after the manifestation of the first symptoms, the flu symptoms will disappear within 12 to 24 hours and the overall picture of the flu will not develop, Prof. Kantardzhiev commented.

84% of the influenza cases in the country are from type B. It is very seriously spread among children.

At present, flu patients are just over 30,000. This indicates that the flu epidemic is over, he added.