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| Ukraine Experiencing Severe Influenza-Related Hemorrhagic Epidemic |
| 2009-10-31 |
| The Health Ministry has confirmed 33 deaths from flu and acute respiratory viral infection in Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv regions since October 19, the Health Ministry said. As of 9:00 am, October 30, the number of infected people was 81,000, of them 33,500 are children. A total of 2,341 people were hospitalized, including 1,100 children. According to the Health Ministry, the risk groups include able-bodied people, pregnant women, minors and elderly people. As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the Health Ministry has declared an epidemic of the A(H1N1) influenza in Ukraine. After the declaration, Yuschenko wrote to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to request allocation of funds from the state budget for financing constant monitoring of the spread of influenza viruses, including the A(H1N1) influenza virus, as well as for financing proper operations of viral laboratories belonging to the State Sanitary and epidemiological Service and health institutions in all regions of Ukraine. Most of the news is in Russian. Highlights include extensive quarantines and public closings, activation of military medical system, public panic, lungs of the dead filled with blood. They may have a mutation of the flu of the subtype "California". They are officially requesting the help of the WHO. |
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