Ukraine
Timoshenko: Ukraine’s 10 regions close to the epidemic threshold
04/Nov/09
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that in 10 regions of Ukraine the incidence of influenza is approaching epidemic threshold.
According to an UNIAN correspondent, Yulia Timoshenko stated this today at selector meeting with heads of regions to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
“Areas that are close to the epidemic threshold, and where necessary to implement all control measures - is Vinnytsia Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kyiv, Luhansk, Odesa, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv”, - said Tymoshenko.
According to her, today’s session the Government should consider introducing quarantine measures in these areas, including - a ban on holding public events, the cessation of educational processes in schools and institutions.
Y. Tymoshenko reminded that in 9 regions still exceeding the epidemic threshold. In particular, in the Volyn, Transcarpathian, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi regions and the city of Kiev.
The Prime Minister also added that in the ARC, Zhytomyr, Kirovograd, Mykolayiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Cherkasy regions and in the city of Sevastopol remains “relatively prosperous epidsituatsiya. “In these areas there is no threat of approaching epidemic threshold”, - said Tymoshenko.
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Ukraine
In Ternopil markets closed
04/Nov/09
In Ternopil temporarily ceased operation of industrial markets. As told to the press service of the municipal council, town council adopted a decision, taking into account the decision of the extraordinary meeting of the state of emergency anti-epidemic commission at Regional State Administration, and the decision of the Emergency Anti-epidemic Commission Ternopol. Also, the Board decided to prevent the occurrence of spontaneous trade in Ternopil. Monitoring the implementation of the decision is entrusted to the deputy chairman of the City of Social Affairs and the Chief of Roman LUNG municipal department of militia Mikhail Denisovskaya.
In turn, the State Emergency Anti-epidemic Commission at the Governor than the recommendation to suspend the job market industrial products and to prohibit the operation of all natural markets in the area of human settlements, mandated to ensure dezrezhim in the markets of food products.
Also charged with an enhanced anti-epidemic mode bus terminals and bus stations, with passengers, to ensure a sufficient number of personal protection equipment (gauze bandages, rubber gloves, respirators, etc.), vehicle drivers, maintenance staff and bus terminals, bus stations and their mandatory application in period of time.
In addition, in the salons of vehicles before heading to the flight, returning from the trip, and periodically in the premises of bus stations and bus workers are obliged to carry out disinfection measures.
Also instructed to work out the procedure for interaction between staff bus and motor with medical institutions in case of detection of suspected influenza illness among passengers, and among the staff.
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