Ukraine- H1N1 Outbreak October 27 2009 - November 30 2009

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Ukraine: Yushchenko: The Government rejected the flu shot - President demands to stop the epidemic, to reduce mortality and "not to escalate the panic"

[Source: Komsomolskaja Pravda, LINK. EDITED. Warning: Google Machine Translation.]

Yushchenko: The Government rejected the flu shot - President demands to stop the epidemic, to reduce mortality and "not to escalate the panic"

Sasha Pyatnitskaya - 09.11.2009 21:12


Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko at a meeting on anti-epidemic measures demanded by the government of Yulia Tymoshenko to take all possible measures to reduce deaths from flu to vaccinate the country and "not to escalate the panic among the population."

"Today one of the main tasks of the Government and the Ministry of Health in particular - reduce mortality due to influenza and pneumonia, early diagnosis of influenza strains, and immunization. This Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said during a meeting with members of the State Emergency Anti-epidemic Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers ", - the press service head of the Ukrainian state.

Recall from last month in Ukraine raging epidemic of influenza and SARS, whose victims to date have been 155 people. Already sick over 970 thousand people, with laboratory confirmed 65 cases of swine flu, 14 of them - with fatal consequences.

At today's meeting, Victor Yushchenko said that work on immunization against influenza government failure, but the government should take all measures to stop the epidemic and reduce mortality.

"Fighting a pandemic influenza vaccination is only possible", - said the Ukrainian leader.

And finally Viktor Yushchenko asked the members of the government not to escalate the panic among the compatriots, RIA Novosti reports citing the presidential press service of Ukraine.

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Pandemic Influenza, In Ukraine, we introduce a state of emergency continued

[Source: Kommersant, LINK. EDITED. Warning: Google Machine Translation.]

In Ukraine, we introduce a state of emergency continued

/ / Instead of emergency throughout the country, Viktor Yushchenko began an all-out attack on the election of Yulia Tymoshenko

The newspaper Kommersant ?№ 209 (4264) on 10/11/2009


Elections in Ukraine
Flu epidemic in Ukraine does not entail the imposition of emergency and transfer of presidential elections from January to May 2010. On no grounds for such measures, said President Yushchenko, the secretariat of which previously allowed the possibility of postponing the elections. According to observers in Kiev, a statement about the possibility of PE required to Viktor Yushchenko to increase pressure on Prime Minister Tymoshenko, whom he also blamed the failure of the negotiations with the IMF to allocate loan to Kiev and gas agreements with Russia, transforming Ukraine into a "colony". Experts believe that the attack on the Yulia Tymoshenko becomes the main idea of the electoral campaign of Viktor Yushchenko, seeking to present the "protector of the nation" from the "anti-popular prime minister."


State of emergency is canceled
Main Ukrainian sensation late last week, when the leadership of the secretariat, Viktor Yushchenko stated the possibility of an emergency and transfer of presidential elections from January to May 2010 in connection with the epidemic of influenza (see "b" for the November 7), spent two days. The fact that the imposition of emergency and postpone the election will not be told on Sunday evening in an interview with 5 Kanal Ukrainian television itself Viktor Yushchenko.

"I am against a country to a standstill, so that it limited their livelihoods," - said the president. The direct question whether Ukraine grounds for declaring state of emergency, Mr Yushchenko replied in the negative: "No, no such justification."

The head of state did not fail to recall that a flu epidemic caught unawares by the Ukraine due to the inaction of the Government of Yulia Tymoshenko, ignored, he said, warning the World Health Organization, made in May.

It is noteworthy that yesterday at the official website of Viktor Yushchenko appeared comment deputy head of the Presidential Secretariat Ihor Popov, with the filing of which the Ukraine last Friday and talked about the possibility of declaring state of emergency and postpone the election. In his new statement, Mr. Popov disavowed his own suggestion he made in an article in "Ukrainian Truth". Thus the main target of one of the leaders of the Presidential Secretariat has all the same cabinet of Yulia Tymoshenko. "Emergency, we did not take shape with the virus, and the executive. Unfortunately, often instead of solving the problems we see attempts to shift responsibility, claims that someone who is interfering carry out their work", - said Igor Popov. But he warned that if President Yushchenko's decree "On urgent measures on national security in an outbreak of pandemic influenza in Ukraine" will not work, this may entail orgvyvody - "personnel changes" in government.

Observers in Kiev agree that such a quick play the situation back to the imposition of emergency and postpone the election of President Viktor Yushchenko led the awareness that this initiative will be blocked by the Verkhovna Rada. On its opposition have already declared the speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn, the leadership of the Party of Regions and BYuT. Meanwhile, according to Ukrainian legislation, the imposition of emergency decree comes into force only after its approval in parliament.

According to the head board of the Center for Applied Political Studies "Penta" Ukrainian politician Viktor Fesenko, "statement by the President and his team to postpone the elections have been made to probe public opinion" in order to assess the reaction of the leading political players "such a risky step and conflict."


To blame Prime
Victor Yushchenko has based its campaign on an all-out criticism of Yulia Tymoshenko. New proof of this was his reaction to the decision promulgated on Sunday guide the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to suspend cooperation with Kiev to elect a new president. The fact that the end of 2009 Ukraine will not receive another, the fourth tranche of the IMF in the amount of $ 3.8 billion as previously estimated, said in an interview to Reuters, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who proposed "to await the election results in Ukraine."

In this case, Mr. Strauss-Kahn made it clear that the reason for this decision was not only the uncertainty of the political situation in Ukraine, but also signed by President Yushchenko in late October, a law raising the minimum wage, unconforming the IMF. We recall that on 25 October the IMF issued a statement urging Viktor Yushchenko to veto the law, because, according to fund management, for its implementation in the country today has no financial resources. Nevertheless, a few days later the head of the Ukrainian state law still signed.

Meantime, Viktor Yushchenko, commenting on the decision of the IMF, immediately turned the arrows on the prime minister. In his last interview with 5 Kanal Ukrainian television, he explained the failure in cooperation with the IMF's failures actions of the Tymoshenko government, which he said failed to comply with "five of the six points from its obligations under the memorandum of cooperation with the IMF."

It is noteworthy that in his interview with Viktor Yushchenko also spoke on another sore subject for Ukraine - gas cooperation with Moscow. He said that in accordance with contracts signed between Prime Minister Tymoshenko in January this year in Moscow, remaining until the new year, less than two months Ukraine will not be able to use 16 billion cubic meters of gas, under an agreement with Gazprom. In this regard, Mr Yushchenko called Kiev threatening penalties for shortage of gas from the activities of heads of government. "This agreement, which make us a colony - and not just in the energy, not only economically but also politically," - summarized Viktor Yushchenko.


Plumbing candidates
Meanwhile, Viktor Yushchenko hopes to seize the initiative are melting, including the increase in the list of contenders for the presidency and the inevitable dispersion of its potential electorate. Yesterday, the Central Election Commission completed the reception of documents for registration of candidates for the presidential election, among which were 16 applicants. At the same time in their list of current head of state among the closing (his approval rating, according to various estimates, ranging from 3 to 8%).

The registration procedure is not made of intrigue to the original alignment of the election. As before, the head of the race remain the leader of the opposition Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych and the prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. According to the poll, released by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology, Yanukovich would support 40.7% of the respondents, Ms Tymoshenko - 25,3%. Their closest competitor, the leader of the Front zmin "(" Front of change ") Arseniy Yatsenyuk (9.4%) lost all chance of reaching the second round, while the remaining contenders (rating below 5%) initially did not have the chance.

For most candidates the current presidential campaign is nothing more than preparation for early parliamentary elections, which in 2010 predicted almost all of Ukrainian experts, as well as for the elections to local authorities, appointed on 30 May 2010. In this group includes both veteran Ukrainian politics - leaders of the Communist Party and the Socialist Party Petro Symonenko and Oleksandr Moroz, and newcomers alike, had never participated in elections earlier. Among them - Arseny Yatsenyuk and businessman Sergei Tigipko, which is positioned as a future competitor of the Party of Regions on the "white-blue" electoral field.

At the beginning of the campaign by representatives of the CEC asserted that the 2009 elections will not be "technical candidates". "Given that the deposit for the registration increased to 2.5 million hryvnia ($ 312 thousand), I do not think these elections will be the mechanism of registration of technical candidates. In fact, after the election they will have to explain to the tax, where do they come from that kind of money," - said Deputy Head of CEC Andriy Magera.

However, members of the CEC forecasts were not justified. In the list of candidates appeared at least six people, for whom participation in the elections does not bear any practical use. Among them are "technical candidate with experience" Mikhail Brodsky, who in the 2004 elections on the eve of the vote has publicly stated that a "technical candidate Viktor Yushchenko and was recorded only in order to impose their (that is loyal to Mr Yushchenko's) representatives to election commissions .

A separate area of technical candidates will be black PR. Thus, the registration documents already filed Mayor of Uzhgorod Ratushnyak Serey, who in recent months, specializes in the criticism of Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Inna Theological known sharply criticized Yulia Tymoshenko, as well as an unemployed millionaire Alexander Pabat, which launched the Internet campaign for the removal from the register of Viktor Yushchenko . "We call such candidates are not technical, and plumbing, because they face the challenge to pour dirt" - explains the deputy head of the Presidential Secretariat Maryna Stavniychuk.

B-Sergei Sidorenko, Kiev; Sergei Strokan

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 1,031,597 cases & 174 deaths

Ukraine prescribed course of pandemic influenza vaccinations

[Source: Kommersant, LINK. EDITED. Warning: Google Machine Translation.]

Ukraine prescribed course of injections

/ / In the country will be vaccinated


Yesterday, the mission met representatives of the World Health Organization's President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Following this discussion, the epidemiological situation in Ukraine as the head of state and Prime Minister announced the need for mass vaccination against influenza A/H1N1 (swine flu). Meanwhile, immunologists, experts note that vaccination during epidemics is dangerous.

The first expert of the World Health Organization adopted Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. She said the meeting was organized to familiarize yourself with the conclusions of the mission "of the administrative system and the health care system in the western regions, where recorded the strongest manifestations of seasonal influenza and influenza A/H1N1.

However, the results of the experts of the World Health Organization (WHO), working in the country on November 3, yesterday, were not disclosed.

Instead, meeting participants declared the necessity of holding in Ukraine of vaccination against influenza A/H1N1. "Both WHO and other experts predict few waves disease. Therefore, the question of vaccination, and from seasonal influenza, and from A/H1N1 remains relevant," - said Yulia Tymoshenko. The head of the international mission WHO Jukka Buk-gu recommended to start vaccination with "priority risk groups, which include health workers, pregnant women, children and persons with chronic disease.

It should be noted that yesterday, Health Minister Vasyl Knyazevich announced a "high threshold disease" among physicians.

According to him, as of November 6, in Ukraine, fell ill more than 687 physicians and 1,5 thousands of junior medical staff.

Deputy Minister of Health Mr. Lazoryshynets reported that vaccination of groups at risk will require 6.7 million doses of vaccine. At the same time Herr Lazoryshynets said that the need to inculcate in 25-30% of the population, "to the collective immunity.

In support of the mass vaccination was made, and President Viktor Yushchenko. He also met yesterday with experts from WHO, and then attended a meeting of the State Emergency Anti-epidemic Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers. "To fight the pandemic flu is through vaccination. We want a decision the chief sanitary doctor," - said the head of state committee members.

Agreed with him, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Raisa Bohatyryova. Following the committee meeting, she called on the government for a week to develop a schedule of vaccination. "The state policy in respect of vaccination should be clearly defined and carried to local authorities", - said Mrs. Bohatyryova. Recall of two vaccines against influenza A/H1N1 - British and Russia's production - are now officially registered in Ukraine (see Kommersant from 5 November).

Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Health Viktor Korzh (Regions Party) stressed that the registration procedure will take time. "From my own experience I can say that medications undergo such procedures for months. First, they examine the chemical purity, then the vaccine is given to representatives of various age groups. But the immunity starts to be formed only on the third or fourth week," - explained to Kommersant Korzh.

At the same time professor of the National Medical University. Bogomoletz immunologist at the Ekaterina Harkava confident that a mass vaccination during the epidemic "goes against all precepts of health. "When vaccination is introduced into an organism live virus, so if the person before the vaccination in the blood is already a virus, the risk of infection increases significantly. Between the introduction of the vaccine and the emergence of the risk of infection should take at least three weeks," - explained Mrs. Harkava. According to her, to avoid further threats to public health, we must first examine each of the vaccinees in the presence of A/H1N1 virus or antibodies to it. "This means rapid diagnosis of tens of millions of people with quality and reliable test systems, which in our conditions is unrealistic to implement," - said Catherine Harkava.

However, the WHO fears doctors overlooked. "We believe that the peak of the epidemic has not yet been reached. Vaccinated therefore have time to buy immunity", - told Kommersant that the head of the WHO Office in Ukraine, Igor Pokanevich.

ALEXANDER b-ZVORSKY, Julia b-RYABCHUN


The number of inhabitants of Ukraine affected by the epidemic *

[Morbidity - hospitalized - Deaths ]
1 Lviv 155,895 - 6736 - 63
2 Ivano-Frankivsk 88,703 - 5704 - 24
3 Chernovitskaya 47,167 - 3081 - 17
4 Ternopolskaya 30,510 - 2166 - 17
5 Zakarpatskaya 41,488 - 3144 - 7
6 Rivne 31,407 - 2015 -6
7 Volynska 43,584 - 1894 - 4
8 Kiev 47,802 - 1790 - 3
9 Vinnitskaya 32,369 - 1907 - 3
10 Kiev 60,366 - 1131 - 2
11 Zakarpatskaya 31,868 - 1669 - 2
12 Donetsk 48,263 - 1992 - 1
13 Odessa 30,263 - 1777 - 1
14 Kharkiv 24,752 - 1382 - 1
15 Poltava 22,119 - 1073 - 1
16 Cherkassy 20,574 - 1144 - 1
17 Autonomous Republic Crimea 13,931 - 597 - 1
18 Khersonska 12,348 - 468 - 1
Total for Ukraine 969,247 - 48,972 - 155
* Data from the Ministry of Health as of November 8, 2009

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 1,031,597 cases & 174 deaths

Russia will help Ukraine to combat flu

[Source: Kommersant, LINK. EDITED. Warning: Google Machine Translation.]

Russia will help Ukraine to combat flu


Yesterday, Minister of Health and Social Development Tatyana Golikova said that Russia will provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine to fight the epidemic of influenza.

According to her, until the end of this week, Russia will send the shipment to Ukraine, including 200 thousand packages of medical drugs for the prevention of influenza "Arbidol. "

Composition of the goods agreed with the Ukrainian leadership, assistance will be funded from the federal budget - Russia," said Mrs. Golikov. She did not rule out that Russia might help Ukraine, and with the vaccine against influenza A/H1N1, when determined to their own needs. "

In Russia, humanitarian aid Ukraine to overcome the pandemic are ready to provide another 15 countries.

As the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the decision Heads of State adopted in response to an appeal to President Viktor Yushchenko.

In particular, Ukraine has confirmed the provision of humanitarian aid, Austria, Georgia, Israel, Estonia, China, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, USA and Croatia.

In the near future Bulgaria and Latvia are also going to approve this decision at the governmental level.

The total amount actually received and claimed the humanitarian assistance from Austria, Estonia, China, Lithuania, Hungary and Slovakia is $ 1 million 85 thousand and 386 thousand euros.

Julia Ryabchun
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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 1,031,597 cases & 174 deaths

I'm not quite sure what a fourfould decrease exactly means (perhaps one fourth as many new cases now as earlier?), but the new case counts in the MOH updated do seem to be at least a little lower. Remember, though, that deaths are a trailing indicator.

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/52361/

Tymoshenko: Flu infection rate falls by four times in Ukraine
Today at 13:12 | Interfax-Ukraine Vinnytsia, November 10 (Interfax-Ukraine) ? The rate of flu and acute respiratory infections has fallen by four times compared to its peak in early November, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said.

"We are witnessing a four-times decrease in Ukraine as a whole compared to the peak on November 2-4," she said at a briefing in Vinnytsia on Tuesday.

According to the premier, the flu infection rate is decreasing in all the countries of the region.

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 1,031,597 cases & 174 deaths

These numbers agree with the latest MOH report. It is obvious though that the pandemic did not start on October 29 (that's just when Ukraine realized it).

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/52302/

UPDATE: over 1 million sick, 174 dead and 334 patients in intensive care
Today at 06:58 The Health Ministry on Nov. 9 reported that 1, 031, 597 Ukrainians have fallen sick with flu-like ailments and acute respiratory illnesses since the start of the A/H1N1 pandemic on Oct. 29.

According to the latest statistics, 174 people have died.

Some 52, 742 patients, 21, 536 of them under the age of 18, have been hospitalized, 334 are presently in intensive care and 45 on respirators.

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It would be nice to know where the confirmed cases are coming from. The reporter has made a small error - the 52,742 appears (at least in the MOH) release to be the total number ever hospitalized, not the number currently in hospital. But he is probably right that fewer are in hospital now than yesterday.

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/52372/

Government: Ukraine records 67 swine flu cases, 14 of them fatal
Today at 16:08 | Interfax-Ukraine Ukraine has recorded 67 cases of swine flu, with 14 dying from the virus, First Deputy Health Minister Vasyl Lazoryshynets said on Nov. 10.

Lazoryshynets told a briefing in Kyiv that altogether 1, 031, 587 people in Ukraine had contracted the flu byNov. 10and that 52, 742 of them were currently in hospital, which is a lot fewer than the day before.

He said that if at least one person has been diagnosed with A/HIN1 influenza, or swine flu, in any of Ukraine's regions, everyone diagnosed with the flu in that region receives swine flu treatment.

Swine flu is spreading in Ukraine, Lazoryshynets said. "In my opinion, quarantines need to continue," he said.

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I don't terribly like the red text - did they only find 65 confirmed H1N1 cases in over 1,000 samples? I know this is a reliable source. Certainly, not all H1N1 cases test positive, but if only 6% are coming back positive, then we need to look for a second agent.

http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/24408

Yuschenko calls for proper preparations for second wave of flu, respiratory infections
16:35
Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has called for proper preparations to be made for a second wave of acute respiratory viral infections and flu, including the A/H1N1 flu virus.

He said this at a council on taking urgent measures to ensure regional security during the epidemic situation in Kherson region on Tuesday.

"Ukraine should prepare properly for a second wave of acute respiratory viral infections and flu, including California flu," Yuschenko said.

He said that the first wave of flu in Ukraine had passed. Yuschenko said that lessons should be learned from the epidemiological situation in the country.

He stressed the need to improve diagnosis of the disease, which he said was impossible to do without an adequate number of flu testing laboratories. Yuschenko said that only 20 to 30 laboratory tests could currently be conducted in Ukraine per day.

Yuschenko said that 1,082 tests had been conducted in Ukraine over the last 11 days, and that 65 cases of swine flu had been confirmed.

He said that 150-200 tests should be conducted a day for the population of 46 million Ukrainians.

Yuschenko said that regional governors should analyze the situation in their regions and decide how many laboratories should be set up.

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Re: Ukraine- Pandemic Influenza - Ministry of Health says 1,031,597 cases & 174 deaths

New numbers out of Lviv (will these be the ones in tonight's MOH summary)? Apparently there were almost 6,000 new cases, with about 481 new hospitalizations, but 687 discharges (for a total of 3,881 now). More discharges than hospitalizations is always a good sign. Note also four more deaths to bring the total to 78. It is not clear if the last reference is to 15 people being admitted into ICU, or moved out of ICU into regular hospital rooms.

http://galinfo.com.ua/news/58951.html

On the last day in Lviv region of influenza and ARI ill nearly 6 thousand
10 Листопада 2009 17:15

November 10, 2009 17:15

З 19 жовтня до 10 листопада кількість хворих на грип і ГРВІ у Львівській області становила 166 542 особи. From October 19 to November 10 the number of patients with influenza and ARI in the Lviv region was 166 542 persons. За добу захворіло 5 950 (з них діти до 18 років – 2004), – повідомила прес-служба Львівської ОДА. - By day ill 5 950 (including children under 18 - 2004) - the press service of the Lviv Regional State Administration. --

Кількість госпіталізованих за добу становить 481 (з них діти до 18 років – 164). The number hospitalized per day is 481 (including children under 18 - 164).


З 19 жовтня до 10 листопада кількість померлих становить 78 осіб, а з початку карантину (29 жовтня) – 64 особи. From October 19 to November 10 the number of dead is 78 people, and since the beginning Quarantine (29 October) - 64 persons.


Зі стаціонарних відділень лікарень з 29 жовтня до 10 листопада виписали 3 881 пацієнтів, а за останню добу – 687 (з них діти до 18 років – 328). From fixed units of hospitals from 29 October to 10 Nov discharged 3 881 patients, and the last day - 687 (including children under 18 - 328).


З реанімаційних відділень лікарень у інші відділи перевели 15 осіб. In intensive care units in other departments moved 15 people.

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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/general/091109/swine-flu-ukraine

Swine flu panic — and politics — hit Ukraine
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By David L. Stern - GlobalPost
Published: November 10, 2009 06:46 ETKIEV, Ukraine — It was perhaps inevitable, given Ukraine’s hyper-politicized climate — heightened by a partisan, mudslinging presidential race — that the H1N1 pandemic would become the biggest political football of all.

Ukraine is gripped by a swine flu panic, as an outbreak of acute respiratory illness has swept the country. So far, more than 750,000 people have been infected, and on Friday, 109 were said to have died. Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) say that they believe the majority of cases to be H1N1.

“There is no question that this is a rapidly involving illness,” said Jukka Pukkila, team leader for the WHO international expert team that arrived this week in Ukraine at the government’s request.

“We have all reason to believe that this is a spreading of the H1N1 illness,” he continued, adding that laboratories in the United Kingdom and Ukraine confirmed the presence of the disease.

The Ukrainian government has undertaken some of the most extreme steps in Europe to contain the contagion. Last week, officials closed schools and universities for three weeks, and banned large political demonstrations. (Elsewhere last week, others from high-risk groups lined up around city blocks in Canada to receive swine flu vaccinations, only to be boxed out by members from two professional hockey teams who received preferential treatment.)

In the capital Kiev, where only two have died so far, many wear face masks and restaurants and cafes have seen a dip in business. But movie theaters and swimming pools remain open, and while many individuals are concerned, panic has not erupted.

The situation is much worse in the country’s west, especially in Lviv near the Polish border, where the outbreak is centered. There, some 45 people have died so far and officials have urged cinemas, restaurants and other public institutions to close for the near future.

No sooner had the government announced its containment measures, however, than the pandemic became a way for the country’s politicians to beat each other up or score points.

Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is running second at this point in the Jan. 17 presidential elections, made a public show of meeting — in a surgical mask — deliveries of the anti-flu medication Tamiflu at the Kiev and Lviv airports.

Others called this show-boating. “Ukrainian authorities are using the hysteria over the flu outbreak to distract citizens’ attention from the country’s economic and social problems,” said presidential candidate Sergey Tigipko, a former member of Tymoshenko’s team who is now running against her. “Flu is a serious threat, but in Ukraine they have contrived to turn it into a political tool used to distract public attention from real problems.”

resident Viktor Yushchenko announced that he was asking the country’s prosecutor to launch an investigation into “criminal negligence” by Tymoshenko, front runner Viktor Yanukovich and former parliament speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn for holding mass rallies to launch their campaigns, just as the pandemic was breaking out.

“The parliament speaker and the leader of the opposition and, most importantly, the prime minister, ignored the facts of the epidemics,” Yushchenko said on national television.

“This is completely similar to the May Day rallies in Kiev after the Chernobyl disaster,” he said, referring to the mass demonstrations held by communist authorities in 1986, just after the world’s worst nuclear accident had taken place.

On Friday, one of Yushchenko’s close advisors suggested that the presidential elections could be delayed until May because of what he said was the Tymoshenko government’s mismanagement of the crisis.

Ihor Popov, deputy head of Yushchenko’s secretariat, wrote on the Ukrainskaya Pravda website that if conditions worsen, a state of emergency could be introduced. That would push back the election date since it would keep candidates from campaigning fully.

WHO officials actually praise the Kiev government’s reaction, however. Pukkila said that although his delegation’s main goal was not to deliver a verdict on the appropriateness of the Ukrainian response — WHO intends simply to assess the nature of the outbreak — he found the official measures “in line with the situation.”

There is a risk nonetheless that the outbreak will become much worse. Though the number of deaths in Ukraine is lower than in other parts of the world, health officials are concerned at the speed at which the illness is spreading, and the possibility that Ukraine may be experiencing a new strain.

More worrisome is the pressure that H1N1 will place on the country’s medical system, beset with corruption, inefficiency and Soviet-era practices. So far authorities in Lviv seem to be able to cope with the added demand, WHO officials say — hospitals have the necessary supplies and there is no shortage of beds.

But Ukraine has the first major H1N1 outbreak in an eastern European country. As it spreads eastward through the former Soviet Union, medical systems in Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia — not known for their efficiency or high-standards — will come under similar stress.

“How does the virus behave in a country like Ukraine with a health system with low resources, and how does this system cope? This is what we’re watching,” said Pukkila

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EU. Ukraine: 31st meeting of the Health Security Committee and of the Early Warning and Response Authorities in the Member States was held (edited)

[Source PDF Document: LINK. EDITED.]


On 6 November, the 31st meeting of the Health Security Committee and of the Early Warning and Response Authorities in the Member States was held by audio link under the coordination of the Commission and with the participation the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the World Health Organisation and the Commission Delegation in Kiev.

After an update of the pandemic situation in Ukraine and Bulgaria, the discussion focused on the response of the European Union to assist Ukraine and Bulgaria through the civil protection mechanism.

During the meeting, Slovakia formally announced the recent decision to close 2 border points to pedestrian crossing and to implement medical control at 3 others main border points.

In addition, a Bulgarian request for antivirals was raised and the Commission proposed a virtual stockpile to deal with future health threats to be discussed during the oncoming plenary meeting of the Health Security Committee on 12-13 November in Luxembourg.

Finally, the importance was underlined of strengthening the way to convey messages through the media.

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additional 4 deaths -

10.11.2009 13:29

В Винницкой области умерли 4 человека, 12 - с тяжелой пневмонией

Vinnytsya, 4 people died, 12 - with severe pneumonia

В Винницкой области за период эпидемии гриппа умерли четыре человека, зафиксировано 12 тяжелых случаев пневмонии.

In Vinnitsa region for the period of the epidemic of influenza died four people, been 12 serious cases of pneumonia.

Об этом журналистам на брифинге сообщил глава Винницкой областной государственной администрации Александр Домбровский .

This at a briefing said the head of the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration Oleksandr Dombrovsky.

Как передает корреспондент ЛІГА

As the correspondent of LIGA

БізнесІнформ , А.Домбровский подчеркнул: "К большому сожалению, я должен констатировать четыре смерти в Винницкой области. Сегодня утром умерла еще одна женщина в городе Виннице, у которой была сложная пневмония. На сегодняшний день у нас каждый такой случай находится на особом контроле. 12 случаев сложной пневмонии, и из 12 один человек - на искусственной вентиляции (легких, - ред. )".

БізнесІнформ, A. Dombrowski said:



"Unfortunately, I must admit four deaths in the Vinnitsa region. This morning, another woman died in the town of Vinnitsa, which has been complicated by pneumonia. Today we have one such case is under special control. 12 cases of complicated pneumonia, and one of 12 people - on artificial ventilation (lung, - Ed.) "


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А.Домбровский также сообщил, что из 6,8 млн.грн., которые получила область для борьбы с эпидемией, 4,5 млн.грн.

A. Dombrowski also said that from 6,8 mln. To obtain the region to combat the epidemic, 4,5 mln.

уже пошли на закупку лекарств.

already gone to purchase drugs.

В случае второй и третьей волны эпидемии область будет обеспечена необходимыми лекарствами, - бесплатными для пациентов.

In the case of the second and third wave of the epidemic area will be provided with essential drugs - free of charge to patients.

В свою очередь, главврач Винницкой областной детской клинической больницы Татьяна Антонец сообщила, что все 400 детей, которые с начала эпидемии прошли через больницу, живы и обеспечены бесплатной медицинской помощью.

In turn, the head physician of Vinnytsia Oblast Children's Hospital Tatiana Antonets reported that all 400 children from the beginning of the epidemic went through the hospital, alive and provided free medical care.

"Несколько детей со сложными заболеваниями прошли через реанимационное отделение, но сейчас они уже находятся в обычных отделениях", - добавила она.

"Some children with complex diseases have gone through the intensive care unit, but now they are already in the common offices", - she added.

Напомним, согласно оперативным данным Минздрава Украины, по состоянию на 9 ноября в стране зафиксированы 1 млн. 31 тыс. больных гриппом и ОРВИ.

Recall, according to the operative data of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, as of November 9 at the country recorded 1 million 31 thousand cases of influenza and SARS.

Госпитализированы около 52 тыс. человек. В результате эпидемии умерли 174 человека .

Are hospitalized about 52 thousand people. As a result, 174 people died of the epidemic.

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Cabinet has allocated 6,8 million UAH Vinnitsa.

на противоэпидемические мероприятия, - А.Домбровский.

on control measures - A. Dombrowski.

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РБК-Украина, 10.11.2009, Винница, 11:41

RBC-Ukraine, 10.11.2009, Vinnitsa, 11:41
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Кабмин Украины выделил 6,8 млн грн Винницкой обл.

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated 6,8 million UAH Vinnitsa.

на противоэпидемические мероприятия.

on counter-measures.

Об этом сообщил сегодня глава Винницкой ОГА Александр Домбровский во время посещения премьер-министром Украины Юлией Тимошенко областной детской больницы, передает корреспондент РБК-Украина .

Told today the head of the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration Oleksandr Dombrovsky during the visit of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko regional children's hospital, the Ashgabat correspondent of RBC-Ukraine.

По его словам, из них 4,5 млн грн было направлено на закупку лекарств.

According to him, of whom 4.5 million UAH was directed to the purchase of medicines.

Кроме того, по словам А.Домбровского, 500 тыс. грн было выделено из областного бюджета по решению Винницкого горсовета и направлены на реализацию противоэпидемических мероприятий.

In addition, according to A. Dombrowski, 500 thousand UAH was allocated from the regional budget to address the Vinnytsia city council and are intended to implement anti-epidemic measures.

Губернатор сообщил, что в настоящее время эпидемическая ситуация в области является "стабильно-напряженной".

The Governor said that the current epidemic situation in the region is "stable-tense.

"Эпидемический порог в Виннице превышен в 2,5 раза. К сожалению, зарегистрировано четыре смерти от пневмонии, в т. ч. сегодня одна женщина умерла от сложной пневмонии. Также зарегистрировано 12 случаев осложнений и один человек находится на искусственной вентиляции легких", - сказал глава Винницкой ОГА .

"The epidemic threshold is exceeded in Vinnitsa in 2,5 times. Unfortunately, four deaths from pneumonia, including this one woman died of complicated pneumonia. Also recorded 12 cases of complications, and one person is on the ventilator," -- said the head of the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration.


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In Sumy man died from pneumonia.

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РБК-Украина, 10.11.2009, Сумы, 19:28

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В Сумах от пневмонии умер мужчина, сообщила РБК-Украина главврач больницы Валентина Доминас.

In Sumy man died from pneumonia, said RBC-Ukraine head physician of the hospital Valentine Dominas.

В реанимацию он был переведен из инфекционного отделения городской больницы №4 в воскресенье (8 ноября).

In the intensive care unit he was transferred from the infectious disease ward of the city hospital № 4 on Sunday (November 8).

По информации лаборатории Сумской областной санэпидемстанции (СЭС), вирусологические исследования материалов умершего показали отсутствие вирусов гриппа "А" и "В", вирусов парагриппа 1-го и 2-го типов, РС-вирусов.

According to the laboratory of Sumy regional sanitary and epidemiological stations (SES), virological studies of materials of the deceased showed the absence of influenza viruses A and B, parainfluenza viruses 1 and 2 of types, RS-virus.

В.Доминас сообщила, что пульмонологическое отделение ЦГБ сейчас работает в обычном режиме, количество пациентов соответствует осенне-зимнему сезону.

V. Dominas reported that pulmonology BTF is now working normally, the number of patients corresponds to the autumn-winter season.

Главврач ЦГБ рекомендует при появлении симптомов простуды обращаться к участковым врачам и не заниматься самолечением, в быту продолжать придерживаться правил противоэпидемиологического режима.

Medical director BTF recommends for symptoms of cold contact local doctors and do not engage in self-treatment in the home continue to adhere to the rules of epidemiological profile.

По информации СЭС, по состоянию на 9 часов утра 10 ноября гриппом и ОРВИ заболели 21 тыс. 653 жителя области.

According to the SES, at 9 am on Nov. 10 flu and SARS ill 21 thousand 653 residents of the area.

За минувшие сутки число заболевших в Сумской обл.

Over the past day the number of cases in the Sumy region.

составило 354 человека, что в 2,4 раза больше, чем за 8 ноября.

amounted to 354 people, that in 2,4 times more than 8 November.

В городе Сумы с начала эпидемии заболели гриппом и ОРВИ 7 тыс. 952 человека, за последние сутки - 214 человек.

In the city of Sumy in the beginning of the epidemic are ill with flu and ARI 7 thousand 952 people, over the past day - 214 people.

Ежегодно в Украине от пневмонии умирают до 6 тыс. человек, в том числе в Сумской обл.

Every year in Ukraine, died from pneumonia and 6 thousand people, including in the Sumy region.

- до 60 человек.

- Up to 60 people.

По данным Министерства здравоохранения Украины, заболеваемость гриппом и ОРВИ в Сумской области не приближается к эпидемиологическому порогу.

According to the Ministry of Health, the incidence of influenza and SARS in the Sumy region is not close to the epidemiological threshold.

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Denial of swine flu by governor of Zaporozhye region - says only SARS and seasonal flu there -


In the Zaporozhye region is not detected any cases of A/H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.

Об этом во время сегодняшнего брифинга сообщил губернатор Запорожской области Александ Старух.

This was during a briefing today, said the governor of Zaporizhzhya region Aleksand old women.

?Сезонный грипп продолжается, в общей сложности с 29 октября 2009 года, по данным облздрава, зарегистрировано 25 255 случаев заболеваний ОРВИ, а за последние сутки менее - 1300 .

"Seasonal influenza continues, with a total of 29 October 2009, according to oblzdrava, registered 25 255 cases of SARS, and the last day at least - 1300.

За все время госпитализировано и 718 человек, а за последние сутки - 20 взрослых, в том числе 2 беременных женщины и 25 детей.

For all the time in hospital and 718 people, and the last day - 20 adults, including 2 pregnant women and 25 children.

Всего по области диагноз грипп поставлен 13 людям из 25 000, и ни одного заболевания свиным гриппом?, - сказал Старух

Total area of diagnosis of influenza put 13 people from 25 000, and no swine flu "- said the old woman

По его словам, С диагнозом пневмония в период с 29 октября госпитализировано 113 человек, из них 39 детей.

According to him, with a diagnosis of pneumonia in the period from October 29, hospitalized 113 people, including 39 children.

?От пневмонии каждый год умирает где-то 230-250 человек?, - добавил запорожский губернатор.

"From pneumonia die each year where some 230-250 people," - added Zaporizhia Governor.

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