(MENAFN) Romanian Health Minister Sorina Pintea declared that the country is not "very far from declaring the flu epidemic", as the death toll of influenza increased to 20.
A man, aged 68, from southeastern county of Galati, has succumbed to his illness in the latest cases, according to local health authorities.
The minister confirmed that the victims had "one thing in common, they were not vaccinated," as "out of the 20 people died, 16 had pre-existing medical conditions."
Pintea added: "if in a week the number of diagnose cases exceeds the number of estimated cases, then we can talk about an epidemic week. If we have three consecutive weeks of epidemics, then we can declare the epidemic."
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