Ukraine
In Ternopil abolished quarantine
19/Nov/09
Today, 19 November, in Ternopil abolished quarantine. On Monday, November 23, restored the learning process in educational institutions in the city. The decision adopted city emergency anti komisiya.Yak chief state sanitary doctor of Ternopil Vladimir Panychev, as of November 19 intense sickness rate of ARI and influenza in the city of 54.16 patients per 10 thousand population (in the same day last year - 63 , 66).
According to him, the dynamics of reducing the incidence observed in Ternopil, during the same period, improving the epidemiological situation, and the expiration of the quarantine, declared at the state level, there is reason to terminate the restrictive measures of the schools and other institutions.
Panychev also stressed that a return to the city a large number of students would definitely increase the incidence, so schools should continue to adhere to preventive mode. According Panycheva, effective prevention against influenza is vaccination.
Recall quarantine in the Ternopil region, as well as eight other western regions, it was announced on October 30. Recall, according to the Ministry of Health since the beginning of the epidemic in the region, 22 people died.
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Ukraine
Ukraine won and bought over 600 thousand packages of Tamiflu
19/Nov/09
In Ukraine today delivered to about 615 thousand packages of the drug Tamiflu. Told the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the country Alexander Bilovol.Za him, 64 thousand packages of Tamiflu amount received as humanitarian aid from the World Health Organization and other purchased by the state budget of Ukraine.
In turn, Director of the Department of Regulatory Policy in trafficking drugs and medical products MH Yuri Konstantinov said that the state budget funds zakupovuvavsya drug Tamiflu at a cost of 251 hr. per package.
Bilovol also said that the Ministry of Health has approved the procedure that ensures patient access to the drug Tamiflu.
“The Minister of Health confirmed its order appropriate procedure by which a patient receives Tamiflu immediately when the diagnosis. This was communicated to all regional health administration, health care institutions”, - he said.
Chief sanlikar also explained that if the patient asked the family doctor or the emergency ambulance called, and when the examination was diagnosed influenza illness, the patient should immediately receive the drug Tamiflu.
This Bilovol noted that the approved special order cost accounting of the drug to avoid any speculation and nedobrosovisnosti.
Bilovol stressed that the drug Tamiflu, which was purchased by the state budget and received from WHO, available only in the medical health care.
However, he noted that this drug has also procured in pharmacies due to commercial deliveries, because it is one of the binding of drugs to be available in pharmacies.
As reported today, 19 November, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine has confirmed 225 cases of influenza A/N1N1 of them - 17 fatal.
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