No clue whether this is simply due to heat or is unreported and untested H1N1. The timing and lack of testing in the institutional outbreak mentioned tend to support the second possibility.
http://kp.ua/daily/180810/240207/
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From Ukraine, the epidemic will save cooling
Massive acute respiratory infections go on the decline, along with air temperature.
Marina Rybin - 18/08/2010
After the death of inmates Nezhinsky boarding because of ODS [ARI?] and rumors of polls in the Crimea holiday-sick, the Ukrainians were concerned about the epidemic across the country. However, epidemiologists calm: the disease much more dangerous in the heat, which so far remain only in the south of the country.
- In hot weather, people mindlessly consume huge quantities of ice cream and cold water. Endless sit under the air conditioning. All this provokes acute respiratory viral infections - the director of the SU "Ukrainian Center for Influenza Ukrainian Ministry of Health, MD, Alexander Grinevich. - It got cold. Now you can expect downturn morbidity.
Nevertheless, our northern neighbor and about myself already lets you know the flu. Moscow doctors warn that in the near future in the Russian capital can start an epidemic of influenza and [ARVI]. However, our doctors with their Russian counterparts do not agree.
- Cooling will affect the health of people positively. In a little person's immunity is weakened, and in cold weather - is growing - chief says immunologist Kiev Oleg Nazarov.
As for the long-term projections, then according to Grinevich, influenza, which struck terror in the Ukraine last fall and winter, may remain in our country for another few years. Seasonal outbreaks of [ARVI] can be expected only in October. But a pandemic will be gone.
http://kp.ua/daily/180810/240207/
Russian to English translationShow romanization
From Ukraine, the epidemic will save cooling
Massive acute respiratory infections go on the decline, along with air temperature.
Marina Rybin - 18/08/2010
After the death of inmates Nezhinsky boarding because of ODS [ARI?] and rumors of polls in the Crimea holiday-sick, the Ukrainians were concerned about the epidemic across the country. However, epidemiologists calm: the disease much more dangerous in the heat, which so far remain only in the south of the country.
- In hot weather, people mindlessly consume huge quantities of ice cream and cold water. Endless sit under the air conditioning. All this provokes acute respiratory viral infections - the director of the SU "Ukrainian Center for Influenza Ukrainian Ministry of Health, MD, Alexander Grinevich. - It got cold. Now you can expect downturn morbidity.
Nevertheless, our northern neighbor and about myself already lets you know the flu. Moscow doctors warn that in the near future in the Russian capital can start an epidemic of influenza and [ARVI]. However, our doctors with their Russian counterparts do not agree.
- Cooling will affect the health of people positively. In a little person's immunity is weakened, and in cold weather - is growing - chief says immunologist Kiev Oleg Nazarov.
As for the long-term projections, then according to Grinevich, influenza, which struck terror in the Ukraine last fall and winter, may remain in our country for another few years. Seasonal outbreaks of [ARVI] can be expected only in October. But a pandemic will be gone.