Re: Ukraine: at least 20 die of possible swine flu - most were "young and healthy"
Re: Ukraine: at least 20 die of possible swine flu - most were "young and healthy"
Ternopil region may be closed to quarantine: no one can get into the "sick" state
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In Western Ukraine, continues to boil an unknown disease. The number of victims is growing every day.
Despite denials that were heard earlier yesterday, First Deputy Health Minister Alexander Bilovol already confirmed 20 deaths. But as of today the number of deaths has increased.
Yes, according to the operational headquarters of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, on 16-00 October 29 from acute respiratory infections and influenza deaths, 30 people in Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Ternopil regions, of which - one child.
Total sick ARI and influenza in these areas, 37 923 persons, of whom 3418 - Children. The largest number of patients in the Ternopil region - 27 300. Hospitals in three areas - 951 person, including 497 children. In resuscitation is 61 people, of which 31 children and 3 pregnant women.
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- Lviv has ten deaths and Quarantine announced. Kyiv yet safe
- Ivano-Frankivsk into the paws of the epidemic. Announced a quarantine
According Bilovol all dead - men to 45 years. According to the newspaper "Today", one of the dead in Ivano-Frankivsk - a pregnant woman. In the hospital for her pregnancy delivered from Kalush, in Ivano-Frankivsk. Prior to her hospitalized, it is medical treatment of colds at home on their own.
According to preliminary official version, the cause of death is not flu and pneumonia - complications after ODS. Last year, incidentally, a complication caused by improper treatment of ARI, died about 6.5 thousand people.
Health Minister Vasily Knyazevich also insists neprychetnosti strain of swine influenza in Ukrainian, but many fear that the reason is in it. However, it will probably know that one thing has killed at least 20 people and drives Ukrainian hospital beds, only after 1-2 weeks - after the results come from London examination.
And while the biggest panic broke out in the Ternopil region - from there began to appear first bells about a possible epidemic and is where most deaths confirmed officially, but unofficially reported yesterday that they may be about 20.
Moreover, as the UNIAN, in the Ternopil region for one day of the hospitalized with the diagnosis of "pneumonia" has increased in 2.5 times. This was during today's meeting of the Board of the Ternopil regional state administration head of the health ODA Bogdan Onysko.
According to him, as at 8.00 am on 29 October in hospitals was 326 patients with previous non-medical diagnosis of pneumonia caused by acute respiratory infections, one in serious condition 22 people. 55 among hospitalized - children.
Later Onysko said that the Ternopil region because complications after acute respiratory viral infections, 11 people died. Among them one pregnant woman and 5-year-old child with MONASTIRIS'KA area.
Also lethal cases recorded in Chortkiv, Terebovlia, Kozivskyi, Gusyatinskogo areas and in Poland.
Onysko said that dead men who turned too late for help.
"We have patients coming in the early stages. The same people treated for 5-7th day of illness, help when they were not already in force," - said Onysko.
He added that last rock in the same quarter in the area was recorded 33 deaths by respiratory.
"These were elderly people with chronic illnesses or children under 1 year" - he explained the difference with the situation this year.
However, President Association of Ukraine, Mikhail Andreychin infectious disease during a press conference, denied rumors of widespread disease in the field of typhoid fever.
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Now in Ternopil is one sick person to typhoid, but the case is not related to the epidemic, which now continues. Epidemic of typhoid fever can not be a language" - he said while adding that influenza is transmitted through the air, and Typhoid fever - through food, and the progress of cases in these two diseases are also different.
Meanwhile, in Ternopil sick 25% of infectious disease doctors, who worked with patients in acute respiratory viral infections. Andreychin said.
One fourth of doctors who work at the forefront "perebolevshih sick or that disease, which came out of circulation. Fortunately, they are now recovering and will soon be able to work again" - said Andreychin.
However Onysko said that to date no problems with staff. He added that doctors provide masks, gloves, and those who have direct contact with patients, additionally provided respirators.
At the same time, now in Lviv oblast Morshin doctor died a local hospital, which contacted with patients with viral infection and immediately traveled to the challenges. According to the deputy head of the health of the Lviv region, Irina Mykytchak.
According to her, the 56-year-old woman "has been previously diagnosed with pneumonia.
In turn, the RSA chairman Yuriy Chyzhmar noticed that when aggravation of the situation and increase the number of patients of the same will apply with other regions.
"We understand that a person may work day, the more it will work. So that was different now negotiate with other regions to attract their experts" - said Chyzhmar.
But he promised that doctors from other areas provide food and accommodation in the city or in areas where they will leave.
Today young people within the Ternopil sent to quarantine. It closed not only schools but also vyshi. According to the Komsomolskaya Pravda v Ukraine,
for the first years of its existence, and closed the Ternopil State Medical University named after I. Gorbachev.
"This has never, we were not - says Associate Professor of Pathology of the vyshu Peter Syelskyy. - Management expects that within a week of quarantine withdraw, but no one promises.
By the way leaders of the National Teacher and National Economic University asked students at the time of quarantine vyselytysya dormitory and go home.
As a result, the city popolzli rumors that the Ternopil region, or even going completely closed to visitors because of the epidemic.
"There are rumors that no one vpuskatymut to the area - said the local woman. - I am very sick, very quickly developed pneumonia, the benefit, I managed to recover. But when sick, the doctor had to wait two days" - she says. And this is because the main guardians of the country's health claim that is late appeal to the doctors cause complications, which can be fatal.
Lviv has ten deaths and Quarantine announced. Kyiv, so that safe
In the Lviv region in connection with excess epidemiological threshold incidence of influenza and acute respiratory diseases with today declared a quarantine in kindergartens and schools. The decision was made Thursday at a meeting with first deputy head of Lviv regional state administration Valery Pyatak.
In addition to schools and kindergartens will be closed all universities. Guidance on the preparation of appropriate orders to his deputy Igor Derzhko has already chairman of the Lviv Regional State Administration Mykola Kmit.
As of October 27 in the region was registered 6 cases of lethal pneumonia. Told the Chief Medical Officer of Lviv oblast Roman Paul.
However, as of October 29, in the Lviv region of officially confirmed the diagnosis of "pneumonia" 10 people died, including 11-year-old girl. Another 11 people diagnosed with "acute pneumonia" is in intensive care units area.
It was reported today during a press conference, Deputy Chief of the Health Department of the Lviv Regional State Administration Irina Mykytchak.
"Among the dead from infection - 5 lvovyan, 3 people Drogobycheskogo District 2 residents Drogobycha" - Mykytchak clarified.
She also informed that tonight the city to come to Kyiv dedicated team of medical consultants and specialists to examine the situation Pulmonology.
Mykytchak also added that in the Lviv regional clinical hospital isolation have 4 pregnant women with a diagnosis of "pneumonia", which are in intensive care separate corps hospital.
"In addition, all maternity hospitals in the region put a ban on visits to pregnant women and mothers," - said Mykytchak.
But here, unlike in Ternopil, people do not go in masks, but the conversations and - just about the virus.
"No vaccine, vymyratymemo like flies. I do not want to famine, as in the 33 th. We have been signs of trouble: Lviv machine protaranyla fence around the figure of Mary and of the cathedral in Uzhgorod demolished Cross Hurricane" - superstitious assumes Lions' Janko.
"Food bad, weak immunity. Here and now clings. And our" leaders "only election in the head" - complaining pensioner from the city.
People suspected that the virus was brought from abroad, is shocked and border control. The second version - "repairs, problems associated with the destruction of waste. But the authorities rejected this version.
Several thousand people associate the disease with the sudden cold spell, which happened to Western Ukraine in October. However, there are those who believe that the hysteria surrounding the deadly virus nahanyayut artificially - it says it is profitable for distributors of vaccines and drugs.
Now Kyiv, writes newspaper in Kiev, every half an hour to make the "sick" about the state of Ternopil heavy patients.
In the capital itself panic yet. Kiyani rather philosophically accept their disease and prefer to be treated without doctors. At the same time residents of the capital had already begun rozkupovuvaty medicine: how to tell employees pharmacies every second call on antyprostudni means.
However, Deputy Chief of DU health Vladimir Zagorodny believes that talk about the flu epidemic in the capital yet. But, he said, as soon as it became aware of the epidemic, Ternopil, Kyiv also began preparations: Hospitals brought to antiviral drugs and prepared an action plan. But the beds could still not be enough: a lack of seats in the infectious section of Kyiv is facing a year.
But "sick" today Ternopil - was not the only regional center in which there are no infection or hospital for adults or children. At a city hospital infectious department of 60 beds, 10 more seats to settle the case of swine flu.
That is 70 beds per population of the region - for 1 million 90 thousand 891 people.
Today in the capital have seven points, which can be vaccinated against influenza. Anschlag in these offices there. Although vaccination - this time: it will only operate in three weeks.
Ivano-Frankivsk into the paws of the epidemic. Announced a quarantine
But in Ivano-Frankivsk region, has already begun epidemic of acute respiratory diseases. This is how transfers "Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday, October 28, in the evening on a live broadcast on local TV-3-studio," said Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Ivano-Frankivsk region Maria Boyko.
With peredepidemichnoho time we entered the epidemic, and today we are talking about that, probably, we have epidemics of acute respiratory diseases - she said. -
We are in the first weeks of the epidemic.
She explained that for the last 4 days on the active medical assistance requested almost 10 thousand inhabitants of the region, half of them - children under the age of 14 years and 30% of patients - students.
Boyko said that investigations are conducted virologic laboratory oblsanepidemstantsiyi not confirming the circulation of influenza viruses.
"But this does not mean that there is no flu. Provodytymemo We further study. To decipher whether a flu epidemic or some other viral diseases take time" - she said.
Thus at Ivano-Frankivsk region has four terminally ill people from the virus now in intensive care units in the region. This is the chief physician of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Infectious Hospital Roman Ostyak.
"We reviewed all cases of patients who received a diagnosis of" flu ", and reviewed four of those difficult patients who are currently in intensive care units in the region," - he said.
In 6 of the dead youth, said Ostyak was "extremely difficult hemarohichna pneumonia.
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Virtually none of them we did not find the typical signs of influenza. In none of the patients who died and who is currently in intensive care, these signs were" - he said.
Ostyak explained that the disease all started slowly, accompanied by a rise in temperature within 37,2-37,3 degrees and minor pokashlyuvannyam, pains in the joints. At the end of the second-third day appeared little cold.
According to him, suddenly, the third-fourth-fifth day in patients with complicated breathing sharply, guiding them in the hospital and on the translation of hardware breathing them virtually impossible to prodyhaty lungs, so that breathing from the middle third of the lung, not prosluhovuvalosya.
During the autopsy, said Ostyak all their lungs have been in the blood.
"What is it? Classic or influenza virus, we have not yet found a modified against the weakened body of people or some mixed viral-bacterial infection? - Reflected holovlikar.
Thus, he said, the Ministry of Health provided for the region 1.2 thousand packages of Drugs oseltamiviru (Tamiflu) to deal with a possible swine flu.
As a result, as reported in the press service of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration, in connection with this situation of prolonged holidays in all schools, boarding schools and 13 November,
stopped the educational process in pre-school institutions, schools, colleges, School, Technical school, technical schools, etc.. Inform people about the measures taken by the media - at least 14 days.
Furthermore, as writes ZAXID.NET, there will be limited or eliminated all events that involve the large number of people: Conference Board, meetings, seminars, symposiums, cultural and mass and other educational activities.
Today in Parliament deputies Michael Polyanchich and Leo Orobets registered a draft resolution on the hearing at the plenary session of the Supreme Council of November 3 reports Minister for Health and Chief Medical Officer.
Authors statutes indicate that the main theme of the reports is the situation in Lviv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk regions due to the increase in deaths from diseases of an unknown type of GCV.
Deputies stress that the situation requires coordinated action, not only local authorities and the Ministry of Health, but also coordination of the central government, including the MOE, the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Defense.
Therefore, the result report Minister of Health and Chief Medical Officer must be approval by the Verkhovna Rada resolution on the implementation of a set of measures to combat the spread of disease.
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