Flue death toll in Ukraine: 109 dead

November06200921:05

Since the start of the flue outbreak, 109 Ukrainian have died from severe cases of the cold and flue, a high-ranking ministry for emergencies official announced Nov. 6. According to the health ministry, samples from 28 cases were confirmed by a London lab and 13 Ukrainian died, the official said.

Meanwhile, the flue outbreak has spread from Ukraine’s western oblasts to the east, with its proportions crossing the epidemic threshold in four more oblasts of the country, Donetsk, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr and Kyiv, Ukraine chief sanitary doctor Oleksandr Bilovol told journalists Nov. 6.

The government has declared the state of medical emergency in these oblasts and the capital Kyiv, the official confirmed.

Bilokon said the total of 33,979 sick Ukrainians had been taken to hospitals, 97 of whom had died.

The official stressed the need for vaccination as a means of flue prevention in the oblasts where there is no influenza epidemic.

Comments

15:2501.12.09 gogogo
- anyone who says -get a vaccine,
  wants you dead.
  research vaccines you stupid sheep
15:0311.11.09 Matter of priority
- QUOTE: The official stressed the need for vaccination as a means of flue prevention in the oblasts where there is no influenza epidemic.
  And Yushchenko vetoes a bill that would allocate the money for a vaccination program. His travel budget abroad along would pay for the vaccinations. I guess it is a matter of the president's priority
15:0011.11.09 Chiminy sweeper
- They should stop sending them up chimneys all that soot must be detrimental fr their health.
05:1507.11.09 elmer
- I don't mean to trivialize any health risks, but you need to get better translators.
  A flue is something which a chimney has.
  The flu is something which is of concern to the health of humans.
  http://www.cdc.gov/flu/