Kyiv City State Administration intends to organize the free distribution of gauze bandages for citizens to prevent the spread of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections, the first deputy chairman of the city administration Irena Kilchytska told at a briefing.

According to her, every inhabitant of Kyiv out of 2,7 mn of residents who are officially registered will get 2 flu masks. These masks will be made of gauze, transferred to the city by the State Committee for Material Reserves.

Irena Kilchytska noted that 25 city enterprises will sow these masks, which offered assistance to the city. She reported that 44,000 sq m. out of 300,000 sq m allocated by the State Reserve, have been already in the city.

First of all, ready-made masks will be distributed among the poor, and then will be given to other citizens, Ukrainian News reports. Irena Kilchytska noted that the masks will be distributed either through the housing municipal organizations, or according to the decisions of regional administrations.

She also reported that the city has received from the Ministry of Health 200,000 gauze bandages, which will be distributed to the staff of medical institutions of the city.

01:36 p.m. Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Russian Federation Yulia Tymoshenko and Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation, during which discussed the epidemic of influenza. Vladimir Putin said he is ready to send to Ukraine 200,000 packages of antiviral drug Arbidol, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reports. The heads of the government agreed on a joint laboratory research of influenza strains, which are constantly changing.

Yulia Tymoshenko appealed to his colleague from Russia with a proposal to buy from Russian Federation vaccines, which can be used for the prevention of influenza. Vladimir Putin has promised to do everything to deliver vaccine to Ukraine as soon as possible, UNIAN reports.

Operational Headquarters on response the situation with the spread of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections in the Transcarpathian Region decided to sell only one pack of antiviral drugs to one person.

According to information from the Ministry of Health, 762,835 cases of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections have been registered in Ukraine. 33,979 people are hospitalized. 109 people died of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections, the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies reports.

The epidemic threshold is exceeded for the incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections in the Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Transcarpathian, Rivne, Volyn and Vinnytsa Regions, RBC-Ukraine reports.

Altogether 415,196 people are ill in the regions mentioned above. 20,947 people out of them are hospitalized. 103 people died. In particular, 2 people died of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections in the Vinnytsa Region; 45 – in the Lviv Region; 17 – in the Ternopil Region; 15 – in the Ivano-Frankivsk Region; 10 – in the Chernivtsi Region; 4 – in the Volyn Region; 4 – in the Khmelnytsky Region; 4 people – in the Rivne Region; 2 people – in the Transcarpathian Region.

01:42 p.m. Director of Health and Medico-biological protection department of the Emergencies Ministry of Ukraine Oleksiy Hromazyn reported that 28 cases of influenza A/H1N1 virus have been confirmed in Ukraine. He also said that in 13 cases people died, Glavred reports.

05:48 p.m. The Ministry of Emergencies sees no reasons for imposing a state of emergency in connection with the epidemic of influenza, said the director of the Department of Civil Protection of the Ministry for Emergency Situations Vasyl Kvashuk.

A special mechanism of the delivery of humanitarian aid from donor countries to Ukraine has been activated in the structures of NATO at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. This regime envisages the involvement of vehicles through the Coordination Center for Transport in Eindhoven (Netherlands) for free, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reports.

The Euro-Atlantic Coordination Center of response on disasters of the International Secretariat of NATO reports vaccines and other medicines have been sent to Ukraine from donor countries of NATO. In accordance with the information of NATO, assistance from other member countries of the alliance is expected to be in the near future.

As of November 5, 2009 the donor countries of NATO Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Hungary have rendered humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, RBC-Ukraine reports.

It is not advisable and even dangerous to inoculate people during epidemic, warns the chairman of the Association of infectiologists of Ukraine, Ternopil Medical University Professor Mykhaylo Andreychin.

As he noted, there is a risk that irritation of immune system caused by the vaccine may be laid on the infection in the body in a state of incubation. "As a result, undesirable results are possible", - said Mykhaylo Andreychin.

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)". 

According to the European Medical Association, criminal groups are currently trying to earn owing to counterfeit medicines sale for the so-called swine flu. 

The Verkhovna Rada has approved a bill of Cabinet on allocation Hr 1 mn for struggle against flu spread out of the budget.

President Viktor Yushchenko ordered the Defense Ministry to provide all military units with test systems for detection of influenza virus A (H1N1).

MIGnews.com.ua conducted its own investigation and discovered a very interesting document on the official website of the company producing drug Tamiflu.

The head of the World Health Organization Office in Ukraine noted that according to the organization, there will be three waves of influenza A/H1N1 in Ukraine as well as throughout the world: first – now, second - in spring, and the third - in the autumn of next year.

In connection with the epidemic of influenza more than 60 sports events have been rescheduled, told the Minister for Family, Youth and Sports Yuri Pavlenko. 

Influenza epidemic, raging in Ukraine, provided the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko the last chance to stay in his post. Former deputy chairman of Security Service of Ukraine, Lieutenant-General Oleksandr Skipalsky calls on the Head of the state to use the chance and impose a state of emergency to postpone the presidential elections.