Ukraine
Ministry of Health: The situation with the epidemic - a complex and unpredictable
02/Nov/09
The situation with the influenza epidemic is a complex and unpredictable because of the propensity of influenza A/H1N1 virus to mutations, said today, November 2, First Deputy Minister of Health Mr. Lazoryshynets.
“The situation is complicated and unpredictable. We have discovered a strain of this virus in our laboratory ... This virus is dangerous because it can mutate, and we can get a very different kind of virus, which was in Latin America or in Mexico, he is now the European “- said Lazoryshynets at a press conference.
Recall that at the press conference Lazoryshynets also said that Ukraine has officially confirmed 22 cases of influenza A/H1N1.
The epidemic continues
Earlier today, First Vice Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchinov said that as of Monday morning, November 2, in Ukraine, with 64 deaths from flu and acute respiratory viral infections.
This was the first vice-premier said at the conciliatory council of Verkhovna Rada.
In addition, he said, only 191 thousand people are ill with flu and colds, 7.5 thousand are hospitalized.
As reported, last night, November 2, at the international airport Borispol from Switzerland arrived aircraft AN-12 loaded with an antiviral drug Tamiflu.
http://korrespondent.net/tech/health/1013957
Flu epidemic kills 60 in Ukraine, says health ministry
02.11.2009
“The number of those who have died from flu in Ukraine has increased to 60 people as of late Sunday, the Ukrainian Health Ministry’s press service has reported.
They include 55 adults, three children, and two pregnant women. The first flu fatality was registered in Volyn region.
The number of patients with acute respiratory infections has grown to 191,000 people, including 83,000 children.
Over 7,000 people have been hospitalized, and 123 of them are in intensive care units.”
http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/23506