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In Ukraine, the incidence of influenza and ARI for the week decreased by 30%

Ronan Kelly

Retired 2020
Ukrainian to English translation
In Ukraine, the incidence of influenza and SARS for the week decreased by 30% - Sergei Ryzhenko

News and Announcements Announcements News Service

11.01.2011

Analysis of current incidence shows a stabilization of the epidemic process of influenza and ARI. However, the possibility of increasing the number of patients over the coming weeks is not excluded. On today's press conference, the Chairman of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service of Ukraine Serhiy Ryzhenko.

He noted that the 1-th week of 2011 in most regions of Ukraine morbidity is below the epidemic threshold. If you registered last week exceeded the epidemic threshold in two regions, then this week, a slight excess of epidemic thresholds recorded only in the Dnipropetrovsk region (20,2%).

Total per week in 10 target cities Influenza Centre registered 46 856 patients with acute respiratory infections, hospitalized 839 people (1,8% of patients), 66.2% among hospitalized are children younger than 17 years. Incidence rate of influenza and ARI is 48.11 cases per 10 thousand population of cases against 69.18 last week.

Incidence rate for first week in 2011 were 30,4% lower than similar rates for the last week of 2010.

Among the child population registered 24 507 cases of influenza and ARI (52,3% among all patients). As the last weeks of 2010, more sick children 1-4 years (41,3%) and 5-9 years. (26,9%).

Overall epidsezon since 11/1/2010 sick 2 million 462 thousand persons in the same period last year - 4 million 018 thousand.

Hospitalize 101 thousand persons in the same period last year - 237 thousand people. 8 persons died (Vinnytsia-1-1 Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv-3, Odessa-1-1 Kherson, Cherkasy-1), for the same period last year - 898 people.


For all current epidsezon vaccinated 573 thousand people (in the past epidsezoni - 239 thousand people, or 2.4 times less).



According to the weekly e-newsletter WHO (EuroFlu, 52 week (ostanniiy) 2010), influenza activity is growing, with the highest intensity of the circulation occurs in western Europe (Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, England, France and Switzerland) . In other countries of the European region flu activity is low.

According to various countries in the European region, within 52 weeks of 2010, the proportion of influenza positive samples was 45% versus 34% and 39% the previous week. Continue to detect influenza viruses A (H1N1), B, A (H3) and RS-viruses, which are characteristics consistent with those for the period 2009/2010rr season.

In general, the epidemic situation of the incidence of influenza and ARI in 10 cities of the Center for Influenza at the 1 st week in 2011 remained under control. Total morbidity in 10 cities was at last year's figure for the week.

It is likely that the end of Christmas holidays and the beginning of the learning process in educational institutions will increase the number of patients over the coming weeks, as in some regions and in Ukraine in general.

Press Service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine



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