No epidemic of swine flu in Ukraine. Details
In the Lviv Region A/H1N1 flu was found in the bodies of two people out of 29 dead within two weeks, first deputy chairman of the Lviv regional council Roman Ilyk reported yesterday, on November 2 at the meeting of heads of factions of the Lviv regional council.
Prosecutor General's Office having based on the verification of compliance with fiscal and financial laws by officials of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine for the use of state budget funds allocated for counteraction of spreading influenza A/(H1N1) in the territory of Ukraine, has opened a criminal case on violation of fight with epidemics and official negligence, causing severe consequences of offenses under Part 2 of Art. 325 and Part 2 of Art. 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Director of the Ukrainian Center for Influenza Olexander Hrynevych noted the importance of timely immunization to prevent influenza. According to him, the second wave is expected in January-February 2010.
There is no epidemic of swine flu in Ukraine, told the chief sanitary doctor Oleksander Bilovol in the air of ICTV TV channel. According to him, "the epidemic of influenza and acute respiratory disease is observed in the western regions. Especially in 11 regions, where the threshold is exceed almost by 15 percents, - said the chief sanitary doctor. - In other regions, there are indexes which were in 2007-2008" , - said Oleksander Bilovol.
According to him, as a result of the epidemic, according to latest figures, 71 people died. Chief sanitary doctor reported that there were 14 cases of influenza A/H1N1 which were confirmed in the laboratories. "Three people, who died, had A/H1N1 influenza", - Ukrainskaya Pravda cites Oleksander Bilovol as saying.
Yesterday, on November 2 Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko claimed at the meeting with Ukrainian producers of medicines: "They say today that there is an epidemic of swine flu, while only 14 cases of infection with the virus have been identified. The epidemic of seasonal influenza is in Ukraine," writes the newspaper Kommersant-Ukraine.
According to the operative data of the Ministry of Health, as of 05:00 p.m. on November 2 in Ukraine, more than 255,000 patients with influenza or acute respiratory viral infections have been recorded. Out of them more than 120,000 are children. More than 15,000 people are hospitalized. 235 people are in the grave condition.
In brackets - data as of November 1.
Region - Number of patients with influenza or acute respiratory viral infections
Crimea – 1,129 people (earlier 845)
Vinnitza Region – 3,973 people (earlier 2,797)
Volyn Region – 17,000 people (earlier 2,419)
Dnipropetrivsk Region – 3,877 (earlier 2,167)
Donetsk Region – 3,165 people (earlier 2,550)
Zhytomir Region – 1,141 people (earlier 927)
Transcarpathian Region – 7,004 people (earlier 2,444)
Zaporizhia Region – 1,078 people (earlier 773)
Ivano-Frankivsk Region – 36,099 people (earlier 27,091)
Kyiv Region – 11,037 people (earlier 4,107)
Kyrovohrad Region – 606 people (earlier 290)
Luhansk Region – 0 or no data
Lviv Region – 89,669 people (earlier 69,176)
Mykolayiv Region – 992 people
Odessa Region – 2,772 people (earlier 1,414)
Poltava Region – 1,754 people (earlier 1,369)
Rivne Region – 8,937 people (earlier 5,727)
Sumy Region – 362 people (earlier 176)
Ternopil Region – 29,473 people (earlier 39,046)
Kharkiv Region – 2,575 people (earlier 1,494)
Kherson Region – 805 people (earlier 789)
Khmelnytsky Region – 2,628 people (earlier 1,866)
Cherkassy Region – 2,568 people (earlier 1,588)
Chernivtsi Region – 17,711 people (earlier 12,980)
Chernihiv Region – 1,931 people (earlier 1,652)
Kyiv – 6,357 people
Sevastopil – 865 people (earlier 395)
Altogether – 255,516 people (earlier 191,491)
As a reminder, on October 28 flu epidemic in the Ternopil Region, which had appeared a week ago, mowed down nearly 10,000 of residents. Moreover - unknown virus has already killed seven people. Ministry of Health has confirmed 20 deaths from pneumonia in Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv Regions.
A closed meeting has been held in Ivano-Frankivsk, at which participants agreed that epidemic of the so-called "pneumonic plague" is being spread throughout Ukraine. But the problem is its form is unknown, it is ATYPICAL nobody knows how to treat it.
Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Health Lilia Hrihorovich (Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense faction) is convinced of the necessity to declare the state of emergency in five regions of Ukraine.
An epidemic of high pathogenic influenza A/H1N1 has begun when it became cold in the country, Health Minister of Ukraine Vasyl Knyazevych claimed.
A three-week vacation has been announced in all educational institutions of Ukraine. All events have been canceled in connection with epidemic of swine flu in Ukraine. Ukraine is at the highest (third) level of danger of epidemic. The State Border Committee of Belarus has sent INSTRUCTIONS to all the checkpoints on the border crossing on high alert in relation to the epidemiological situation in Ukraine. CLINICAL SIGNS OF A/H1N1 INFLUENZA ARE: headache, muscle aches, sore throat, fever, cough, runny nose, nasal stuffiness, in some cases - vomit and diarrhea.
On November 2 at night an aircraft AN-12 arrived with an antiviral drug Tamiflu at the international airport Boryspil from Switzerland.
In the period of viral diseases, it is important to have varied and balanced food. Lack of some vitamins and microelements have a negative impact on the general condition of the body – it exhausts and makes it more vulnerable. Here are recommendations what to eat while epidemic.
Health Minister assured in April 2009 "Ukraine has the appropriate medication for the treatment of this disease (swine flu)".
