8 people die of H1N1 virus

8 have people died of H1N1 virus in Georgia, - Director of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health Amiran Gamkrelidze told InterPressNews.

He said that in all cases, the H1N1 virus was accompanied by other major illnesses and hospitalization was delayed.

"One out of the eight victims was a pregnant woman, another was a young man who had severe pneumonia and was hospitalized late; the rest had chronic diseases (tumor, acute heart failure, etc.)”, - Gamkrelidze said.

According to Amiran Gamkrelidze, no sharp increase is expected in the spread of flu virus in the next two weeks, as the educational process in schools and kindergartens has not yet been resumed.