Ukraine Trave Advice
November 15, 2009 @ 8:11 am
On 29 October 2009, the Ukrainian Health Ministry announced an outbreak of the A (H1N1) (Swine Flu) virus in Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, as of 11 November the total number of people who have fallen ill with influenza and acute respiratory illness is 1,122,188 with 57,286 having been hospitalised and 189 fatalities. Regions in western Ukraine continue to show the highest rates of acute respiratory illness/influenza-like illness, but the level of incidence in the Kyiv area also appears to be increasing.
update:Health Ministry confirms 282 deaths of flu and acute respiratory viral infections.
http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/52826/
