Ukraine- H1N1 Outbreak October 27 2009 - November 30 2009

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 634,000 cases & 95 deaths

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Ukraine epidemic deaths hit 95, outbreak eases: officials
(AFP) ? 2 hours ago

KIEV ? Health authorities in Ukraine said Thursday the death toll from an outbreak of flu and respiratory infections had risen to 95, but added the epidemic showed signs of easing.

"We have 633,877 people suffering from flu and acute respiratory infections," and among these cases "95 people are dead", Deputy Health Minister Zinovy Mytnyk said.

He did not add how many deaths were a result of swine flu.

The new figure was a jump of nine from the death toll announced by health officials Wednesday, which included five deaths confirmed as caused by the A(H1N1) virus.

The World Health Organisation has said it assumes the epidemic is swine flu. Mytnyk added Thursday that the first signs of the outbreak receding had been detected in the west of the country, where the epidemic started.

Medics believe "the peak of the epidemic has already been reached" in several western regions, the official said.

The outbreak -- which caused panic and a run on pharmacies -- prompted Ukrainian authorities to launch tough measures, including school closures and an appeal for help to world powers.

Analysts have suggested that rival Ukrainian leaders may be trying to exploit popular fears in campaigning ahead of January 17 presidential polls, as each candidate seeks to take the initiative in fighting the outbreak.

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 634,000 cases & 95 deaths

I think for everyone's sake, news sources should be clearly marked as actual reporting or, in this case, speculation on a blog.

5 NOVEMBER 2009 PRESS CONFERENCE
Listen to Dr Keiji Fukuda, Special Adviser to the Director-General on Pandemic Influenza [mp3 28.3Mb]

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/multimedia/swineflupressbriefings/en/index.html

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 634,000 cases & 95 deaths

WHO: If you're reading this, take the time to post an Adobe Flash Audio Player. This would allow people to stream the audio progressively (download) and listen to it while it's downloading. You do not need expensive streaming servers to accomplish this.

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 634,000 cases & 95 deaths

Another ProMed post. Assuming the samples taken are more or less randomly distributed among the ill (which seems to be the case, at least geographically), it is likely that just about all the hospitalizations and deaths are caused by Pandemic H1N1.

http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?p=2400:1001:1112476889152008::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,79962

Archive Number 20091105.3827
Published Date 05-NOV-2009
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009 (91): Ukraine


INFLUENZA PANDEMIC (H1N1) 2009 (91): UKRAINE
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Date: Thu 5 Nov 2009
Source: Agence France-Presse report [edited]
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86 people have died in Ukraine from flu and respiratory infections, the
health ministry said on Wednesday [4 Nov 2009], in an epidemic the World
Health Organization said could be largely due to the pandemic (H1N1) 2009
influenza virus. The ministry said that almost half a million cases of flu
and acute respiratory infections had been recorded since mid-October 2009
in this country of 46 million, while 24 000 people have been hospitalised.
Some 148 000 cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours, it added.

The epidemic is concentrated in the west of the country, which borders 4
European Union states, but a growing number of cases are being reported in
the capital Kiev. "As the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus has rapidly become the
dominant influenza strain worldwide, it can be assumed that most cases of
influenza in Ukraine are caused by the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus," the WHO
said on Tuesday [3 Nov 2009].

Lyudmila Mukharska, Ukraine's deputy chief health officer, said the
authorities had confirmed that 5 of the dead had died of the pandemic [?]
H1N1 virus. She vehemently denied rumours that the west of the country was
suffering from an outbreak of plague, saying that it was "H1N1 that is
circulating in Ukraine."

WHO has sent a team of 9 experts to Ukraine to help the authorities with
the situation. The country is suffering from an above-average infection
rate. Prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has personally overseen a delivery of
anti-flu medicines in the middle of the night, and pro-Western President
Viktor Yushchenko even called on NATO for help.

"Many questions remain to be answered," said WHO. "The outbreak in Ukraine
may be indicative of how the virus can behave in the northern hemisphere
during the winter season, particularly in health care settings typically
found in Eastern Europe."

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["Many questions remain to be answered," said WHO. So far, only 5 of 86
deaths have been confirmed as consequences of influenza pandemic (H1N1)
2009 virus infection. Diagnostic facilities seem to be inadequate in
Ukraine. How many of the half million people with respiratory illness in
Ukraine are infected by the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus remains unknown. The
outcome of WHO's investigation is awaited. - Mod.CP]

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 634,000 cases &amp; 95 deaths

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/news/nov0509global-jw.html

WHO warns countries not to underestimate pandemic virus
Lisa Schnirring Staff Writer


Nov 5, 2009 (CIDRAP News) ? An official from the World Health Organization (WHO) today said he expects serious cases and deaths as pandemic flu activity picks up in the Northern Hemisphere, and he warned people not to underestimate the virus, even though illnesses are often mild.

At a media briefing today, Keiji Fukuda, MD, special adviser on pandemic flu to the WHO director-general, said virus activity remains at high levels in the United States, where fall activity has already exceeded the peak of some of the worst winter seasonal flu outbreaks, and in Mexico, where the number of illnesses has topped the country's spring outbreak.

Flu activity is picking up across European countries such as the Ukraine, "where clearly they are seeing high levels of infections," Fukuda said. Countries in eastern Asia, such as Mongolia, are seeing rising pandemic flu case numbers. He said earlier this fall the seasonal H3N2 virus was common in some parts of eastern Asia, but as the pandemic H1N1 strain becomes dominant, the numbers of H3N2 viruses in those regions are decreasing.

Fukuda said the self-limiting nature of many pandemic H1N1 illnesses has led some people to dismiss the seriousness of the outbreak. He said that though transmission and pathogenicity of the pandemic virus seems to resemble seasonal flu, other features clearly distinguish the two. He emphasized that serious illnesses and deaths are concentrated in people younger than age 65, a pattern not seen with seasonal flu.

"At the WHO we're concerned about a sizeable number of serious complications and deaths," he said. "In some countries the number of serious cases can put pressure on intensive care units, and people in health systems should take this into account during their planning."

Over the past few weeks more than 20 countries have launched pandemic H1N1 vaccine campaigns, he said. "We see that they [the vaccines] are very safe, with only local pain and redness at the injection site at levels that are similar or sometimes even lower than the seasonal flu vaccine, he added.

The WHO is working to free up as much vaccine as possible, but so far, none has arrived in developing countries, he said. Eleven countries and four vaccine companies have pledged 200 million doses, which will go to 95 countries that could not otherwise buy their own supply,

Though the WHO's vaccine advisory group recently recommended that most groups receive only one dose of pandemic vaccine, including children younger than 10 in countries that have prioritized them, Fukuda said the WHO is mindful that more studies on optimal dosage will be coming out over the next several months. He said the WHO's recommendations may adapt and change, based on new information.

US officials recently released new pandemic vaccine clinical trial data that reaffirmed a two-dose regimen in children under age 10.

In the Ukraine, the country's laboratory experts along with WHO experts have so far found no evidence of a worrisome mutation in the pandemic virus isolated from sick patients in the western part of the country. That region has seen dramatically increased virus activity over the past few weeks. However, Fukuda said the virus is still undergoing further characterization at the WHO collaborating center in London.

Today the WHO's regional office in Europe issued a statement that said a five-member WHO team arrived in the Ukraine's western Lviv region, where 100,000 people are reportedly sick with flulike illness. The WHO scientists are visiting some of the affected areas, interviewing medical staff, and talking to patients. They will spend several days in Lviv before traveling to other sites.

The Ukrainian health ministry said today it has receive reports of 633,877 acute respiratory illnesses since Oct 29, including 95 pneumonia deaths, the National News Agency of Ukraine reported.

So far 15 cases of pandemic H1N1 flu have been confirmed, and two deaths from the virus have been reported in Kiev, according to a report today from the National Radio Company of Ukraine that quoted the health ministry.

See also:

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 634,000 cases &amp; 95 deaths

http://www.euro.who.int/eprise/main/WHO/Progs/INF/AH1N1/20091105_1?language=

Latest information on pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Ukraine
Additional information

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 guidance documents

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Situation in the European Region: updates and guidance


WHO begins investigating pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in western Ukraine
05 November 2009
On Wednesday, 4 November 2009, five members of the WHO mission in Ukraine arrived in Lviv, in the western part of the country. Lviv is one of the most affected regions, with more than 100 000 people reportedly sick with influenza-like illness. The team comprises two clinical experts, two epidemiologists and one communicable disease expert, who have been joined by a doctor from the United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF) office in Kyiv. They are visiting some of the affected areas and interviewing medical staff and patients face to face, as part of the investigation of the suspected outbreak of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the country. The team will spend several days in Lviv before heading to other sites.

From its investigation, the team aims to gain a better understanding of vulnerability to and risk factors for illness, and identify best-practice scenarios for treatment. Before going to Lviv, the epidemiologists spent a morning at the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, in Kyiv, developing documentation that can help strengthen the analysis of the reported outcomes of patients who may have pandemic (H1N1) 2009. The Ministry, which requested assistance from WHO on Friday, 30 October, is providing the investigators with all relevant data, including epidemiological records and clinical case notes.

Working from the WHO mission?s headquarters at the WHO Country Office, Ukraine, virology experts have received further results from the examination of samples submitted earlier by national laboratories in Kyiv to WHO?s reference laboratory in London, United Kingdom, and will share them with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. The experts have determined that these results continue to confirm cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection.

Communication is a key element of the response to the outbreak. Accurate and clear information can lessen fear and promote effective action. United Nations agencies and their communication focal points spent an afternoon developing a series of action points to help strengthen their messages and outreach to the general public in Ukraine. Despite the heightened alert in the country, everyone can still take very simple but effective measures to slow the spread and reduce the impact of pandemic (H1N1) 2009.

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Re: Ukraine - H1N1 outbreak - Outline, summaries, official news

Tymoshenko agreed with Putin for help: Ukraine will receive medication from Russia

After talking with Tymoshenko, Putin decided to send to Ukraine 200 thousand packages antiviral drug
Government of Russia decided to send Ukrainian doctors 200 thousand packages antiviral drug "Arbidol.

It became known yesterday, November 5, after a telephone conversation between the prime ministers of two countries - Yulia Tymoshenko and Vladimir Putin. According to the press service of the RF Government, the parties discussed various issues of bilateral trade and economic relations and joint efforts to combat the epidemic of influenza A/H1N1.

"In response to the request of the Cabinet of Ministers the federal government adopted a decision to send Ukrainian doctors 200 thousand packages antiviral drug national production Arbidol" - said in the press service.

In addition, Putin and Tymoshenko agreed that Russia and Ukrainian specialists will conduct a joint study on a strain of influenza virus identified in Ukraine.

"Putin noted that Russia is ready to be set for the necessary equipment, or if necessary to conduct appropriate research on its territory", - said the press service.

Russia Prime Minister Tymoshenko also said that since February 2010, by increasing domestic production, Russia will be ready to begin deliveries to Ukraine the appropriate vaccine.

Recall, 30 October in Ukraine confirmed its first cases of swine flu, after which it was declared an epidemic. The Cabinet of Ministers introduced a quarantine in the nine western areas.

November 2 chief medical officer Alexander Bilovol broadcast television channel ICTV stated that in Ukraine there is no epidemic of swine flu. According to him, the epidemic of influenza and acute respiratory disease observed in the western regions.

According to recent Ministry of Health, as of November 5, in Ukraine died of pneumonia 96 people. Over the last day in Ukraine ill SARS and influenza 127254 people. Thus, starting from October 29, in the State of 632,877 people sick.

Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Health Zinovy Mytnik reported that the peak incidence of influenza and SARS in the western regions of Ukraine have already passed.

As you know, help in combating the epidemic of influenza Ukraine agreed to provide more than a dozen countries, including Poland, Sweden, Czech Republic, India, Israel, USA and others.

November 2 at the international airport Borispol from Switzerland arrived An-12 aircraft loaded with an antiviral drug Tamiflu. And two days later at the airport of Lvov plane arrived with the second party of this drug.

http://news.online.ua/248155/

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 634,000 cases &amp; 95 deaths

SARS can be read as "ILI" , Influenza Like Illness


In Kiev, the situation has stabilized the epidemic of influenza and SARS

In Kiev, not increase the incidence of recorded

In Kiev, the situation has stabilized the epidemic of influenza and acute respiratory viral diseases, said the head of the Kyiv City Council Standing Committee on Health and Social Welfare Alla Shlapak.

It is reported by Channel 5.

According to her, in Kiev, not recorded an increase of morbidity, decreased the number of calls an ambulance and reduced hospitalization.

Meanwhile, the mayor of Kiev Leonid Chernovetsky insists on imposing a quarantine regime in Kiev in response to the epidemic grippa.Tak, according to the mayor, the number of cases of normal seasonal influenza in Kiev at the moment - at the level of last year, but the situation is complicated by the identification of influenza A/N1N1 .


November 5 the chief state sanitary doctor of Kiev Anatoly Ponomarenko confirmed that Kiev recorded two fatal cases of influenza A/H1N1.Ponomarenko also stated that to date there is no reason to quarantine in Kiev.

Also on 5 November, the First Deputy Head of the Kiev city administration Irena Kilchytska reported that in Kiev, three more suspected cases of pandemic influenza A/H1N1.

http://news.online.ua/248224/

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Re: Ukraine - H1N1 outbreak - Outline, summaries, official news

EU experts will explore the epidemic of influenza in Ukraine

November 6, 2009,

Medical experts from the European Union on Friday to begin to explore the causes and consequences of a flu epidemic in Ukraine.

Experts are designed to facilitate the coordination of assistance provided to Ukraine by the EU and EU member states, as well as to assess the situation on the ground and make appropriate recommendations.

In addition, doctors from EU countries will liaise with the WHO team, which operates in Ukraine since November 2.

In the European Commission reported that the team is composed of five experts, among them - experienced doctors from Austria, France, Germany, Latvia and Sweden, informs RIA Novosti.

EU experts will work in Ukraine about 10 days.

The end of October in the Ukraine was declared an epidemic of influenza in the nine western areas quarantined the entire country did not hold public events, the three-week closure of educational institutions. According to latest official data of Ministry of Health, died of influenza 95 people.

Were reaffirmed 15 cases of influenza A/H1N1, but the Health Ministry did not specify the number of deaths from swine flu, although the previously reported three deaths.

Ukraine appealed to countries around the world to help overcome the epidemic of influenza.

http://www.vz.ru/news/2009/11/6/345862.html

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http://fto.co.za/news/ukraine-declares-martial-law-following-pneumonic-plague-outbreak-2009110615730.html

Ukraine declares martial law following pneumonic plague outbreak

Friday, November 6, 2009 - 09:17


The Ukranian President Victor Yushchenko declared martial law yesterday and announced the National Security and Defense Council will become the supreme ruling authority following the rise of a new pneumonic plague outbreak.

Anyone that fails to comply with the NSDC will result in application to the law enforcement authorities, the president also said "?I instruct the Government and the Ministry of Health to immediately start preventive and promotional work in areas where there is no epidemic, targeting primarily the special risk groups,?"

The Ukrainian Health Minister Wasilij Knaizevicz also said the country's top prosecutor should open criminal proceedings against anyone opposing the implementation of mass flu vaccination campaigns.

?I demand the Government to immediately cancel the existing order of registration of medical supplies, including vaccines.?

?It is generally known that the only way to prevent any infection is vaccination,? the address reads, ?As the President I ask you, dear fellow citizens, to reconsider your attitude to vaccination and do it if necessary, but only, I emphasize it ? only after consultation with the doctor.?

?this may lead to the emergence of an even more aggressive new virus?

The WHO however said that the strain of h1n1 in Ukraine seems no different than the normal swine flu break out elsewhere

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 634,000 cases &amp; 95 deaths

In Ukraine, confirmed 28 cases of influenza A/H1N1, 13 people died from it -- Ministry for Emergency Situations


Ukraine confirmed 28 cases of influenza A/H1N1 virus.

Told the director of the Department of Health and the Medico-Biological Defense
Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine Oleksiy Gromazin on Friday.

He also said that out of 28 confirmed cases and 13 people died. Since the beginning
Epidemic influenza and SARS in Ukraine, he said, 109 people have died already.


06/11/2009

Interfax

http://www.interfax.com.ua/rus/main/23974/

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 634,000 cases &amp; 95 deaths

Please see the hospitalization chart for a steep increase in the number and proportion of SARI over total number of hospitalizations in the 3-6 age group starting in February and ran through May.

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=312557&postcount=179

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WHO experts forecast three waves of A/H1N1 flu in Ukraine

Today at 13:39 | Interfax-Ukraine
The World Health Organization (WHO) has forecasted three waves of A/H1N1 flu in Ukraine and in the world, Head of WHO office in Ukraine Ihor Pokanevych told Deutsche Welle on Nov. 5.

According to him, the first wave is being observed now, the second will come next spring, and the third during the autumn of 2010.

Pokanevych said that imposing quarantines and vaccination should be the main focus of flu A/H1N1 prevention in Ukraine. According to him, it would be reasonable to continue quarantine measures in Ukraine's western regions and to impose quarantine in the regions where a rate of infections may soon exceed the epidemiological threshold.

Moreover, Pokanevych insisted on the need for the urgent immunization of the population against the A/H1N1 virus.

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/52054/

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 634,000 cases &amp; 109 deaths

Ministry of Health: disease of swine flu was confirmed in 32 people

06.11.09

In Ukraine, died from pneumonia 109 people, laboratory-confirmed influenza A/H1N1 disease (the so-called swine flu) in 32 people, 14 of them died. This at a press conference said the chief sanitary doctor of Ukraine Alexander Bilovol, reports "Interfax-Ukraine".

As we have previously director of the Department of Health and the Medico-biological protection MOE of Ukraine Alexey Gromazin said that in Ukraine confirmed 28 cases of influenza A/H1N1 virus. He also said that out of 28 cases confirmed 13 people died.

http://glavred.info/archive/2009/11/06/145523-1.html

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 760,000 cases &amp; 109 deaths

In Ukraine, influenza and SARS are sick for more than 760 thousand people

november 6 2009

In Ukraine, influenza and SARS are sick for more than 760 thousand people
In Ukraine, 762 thousand registered 835 cases of influenza and SARS, including 32 - virus A/N1N1.

On Friday, November 6, said chief state sanitary doctor of Ukraine Alexander Bilovol. "Today, from complications of influenza deaths of 109 people hospitalized 33.979 thousand people," - he said.

According to him, at present 32 cases of laboratory confirmed infection of swine flu, 14 have died. Earlier Friday, the same figures announces the Ministry for Emergencies.

In London, confirmed the presence of swine influenza in 15 Ukrainians

Bilovol also reported that the epidemic threshold has been achieved in Donetsk, Kiev, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr region, as well as in the capital.

"Practically achieved epidporog in Kirovograd and Odessa regions. Intensified quarantine measures in Kiev, Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk regions and the city of Cherkassy," - said the chief sanvrach.

Earlier, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that the flu epidemic in Ukraine will end in 3-4 weeks.

"We'll now have a rough orientation in time. I think we now have reached more or less comprehensible stability, and now we will come three weeks, when the downturn will be gradual (epidemic), and we will see bring the situation to normal" - she said.

Tymoshenko also said that to date in Ukrainian hospitals is no shortage of drugs needed to combat influenza and other common colds, and noted that the ALV apparatus purchased in Austria, will come to Ukraine as early as next month.

She also assured that there is no reason to talk about the need to introduce a state of emergency in the country, said that the flu epidemic came to Ukraine from Europe, but also noted the positive assessment given by specialists, WHO, the measures taken by Ukraine to the epidemic.

Recall, the head office of WHO in Ukraine, Igor Pokanevich noted that the estimated organization in Ukraine, as well as throughout the world, there will be three waves of influenza A/H1N1: first - now second - in the spring, and the third - in the autumn of next year.

The mission of the World Health Organization, consisting of nine members began work in Ukraine on November 3. November 4, Gregory Hartl, WHO Representative in the organization's headquarters in Geneva said that the precautions being taken by the Ukrainian government in combating the epidemic of influenza, it is quite reasonable.

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that Ukrainians general mobilization to fight the flu yielded results.

http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/events/1015492

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Ukraine - H1N1 outbreak - Outline, summaries, official news

In Ukraine, influenza and SARS are sick for more than 760 thousand people

november 6 2009

In Ukraine, influenza and SARS are sick for more than 760 thousand people
In Ukraine, 762 thousand registered 835 cases of influenza and SARS, including 32 - virus A/N1N1.

On Friday, November 6, said chief state sanitary doctor of Ukraine Alexander Bilovol. "Today, from complications of influenza deaths of 109 people hospitalized 33.979 thousand people," - he said.

According to him, at present 32 cases of laboratory confirmed infection of swine flu, 14 have died. Earlier Friday, the same figures announces the Ministry for Emergencies.

In London, confirmed the presence of swine influenza in 15 Ukrainians

Bilovol also reported that the epidemic threshold has been achieved in Donetsk, Kiev, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr region, as well as in the capital.

"Practically achieved epidporog in Kirovograd and Odessa regions. Intensified quarantine measures in Kiev, Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk regions and the city of Cherkassy," - said the chief sanvrach.

Earlier, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that the flu epidemic in Ukraine will end in 3-4 weeks.

"We'll now have a rough orientation in time. I think we now have reached more or less comprehensible stability, and now we will come three weeks, when the downturn will be gradual (epidemic), and we will see bring the situation to normal" - she said.

Tymoshenko also said that to date in Ukrainian hospitals is no shortage of drugs needed to combat influenza and other common colds, and noted that the ALV apparatus purchased in Austria, will come to Ukraine as early as next month.

She also assured that there is no reason to talk about the need to introduce a state of emergency in the country, said that the flu epidemic came to Ukraine from Europe, but also noted the positive assessment given by specialists, WHO, the measures taken by Ukraine to the epidemic.

Recall, the head office of WHO in Ukraine, Igor Pokanevich noted that the estimated organization in Ukraine, as well as throughout the world, there will be three waves of influenza A/H1N1: first - now second - in the spring, and the third - in the autumn of next year.

The mission of the World Health Organization, consisting of nine members began work in Ukraine on November 3. November 4, Gregory Hartl, WHO Representative in the organization's headquarters in Geneva said that the precautions being taken by the Ukrainian government in combating the epidemic of influenza, it is quite reasonable.

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that Ukrainians general mobilization to fight the flu yielded results.

http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/events/1015492