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Ukraine- H1N1 Outbreak October 27 2009 - November 30 2009

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Re: Ukraine: at least 20 die of possible swine flu - most were "young and healthy"

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I'm sure I saw a report somewhere that said that even though the deaths weren't confirmed there have been many rapid test positives in those attending hospitals.

This still looks to me like swine H1N1. In fact it looks as if it is doing in some parts of Ukraine exactly what the computer models had it doing everywhere by now.

I also note central government is sending more Tamiflu to the region even though they haven't yet confirmed swine H1N1.

A rapid test would only indicate that it is Influenza A, not the strain. It would not differentiate between seasonal flu, Pandemic H1N1, or some other flu virus.

Likewise, Tamiflu is a good treatment for many kinds of flu, including both Pandemic H1N1 and avian H5N1 (which is not possible here).

This is definitely a flu outbreak, but the strain is still unclear.
 
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The article from post #122:

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Dangerous virus killed 34 people, a thousand in the hospitals
POLSKIE SŁUŻBY MONITORUJĄ TERENY PRZYGRANICZNE POLISH SERVICE MONITOR border areas

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Rośnie liczba os?b cierpiących na powikłania pogrypowe i zapalenie płuc na Zachodniej Ukrainie. Increasing number of people suffering from complications of pneumonia pogrypowe and the Western Ukraine. Hospitalizowanych jest już 951 os?b, z czego 497 to dzieci. Hospitalized is 951 persons, of whom 497 are children. W ostatnich dniach na Ukrainie zmarły 34 osoby. In recent days, in Ukraine 34 people died. W warszawskim Rządowym Centrum Bezpieczeństwa zebrali się eksperci, by sprawdzić, czy wirus nie zagraża naszym terenom przygranicznym. In the Warsaw Government Security Center gathered experts to check whether the virus does not threaten our sites of the border.
Jak informuje Ukraińskie Ministerstwo Ochrony Zdrowia w raporcie z 29 października (godz. 16) zgony odnotowano w 3 zachodnich obwodach Ukrainy. How to inform the Ukrainian Ministry of Health in a report of 29 October (h 16) deaths were recorded in 3 western districts of Ukraine. W obwodzie lwowskim (kilkadziesiąt kilometr?w od polskiej granicy) i tarnopolskim było po 12 przypadk?w śmiertelnych. In the Lviv region (several tens of kilometers from the Polish border), and Tarnopol was after 12 deaths. W regionie iwano-frankowskim zmarło do tej pory 6 os?b. In Ivano-Frankivsk region have died so far 6 people.

Ministerstwo podaje, że potwierdzono dotąd 30 przypadk?w. The Ministry reported that 30 cases confirmed so far. Jednak ukraińskie agencje informują o kolejnych czterech ofiarach. However, the Ukrainian agencies inform the next four victims.

Niepokojąco rośnie liczba chorych. Alarmingly increasing number of patients. Jak czytamy w raporcie do szpitali trafiło już prawie tysiąc os?b. As explained in the report were sent to the hospital almost a thousand people. 61 z nich przebywa na intensywnej terapii, a ich stan jest bardzo ciężki. 61 of them staying in the intensive care unit and their condition is very serious. Połowa z tych os?b to dzieci. Half of these people are children.

Czy to świńska grypa? Is it swine flu?

Początkowo pojawiły się podejrzenia, że to może być świńska grypa. Initially there were suspicions that it might be swine flu. Ukraińskie władze utrzymują jednak, że na świńską grypę zmarła tylko jedna osoba. Ukrainian authorities maintain, however, that the swine flu, only one person died.

Przeprowadzone na Ukrainie badania nie wykazały obecności w krwi zmarłych wirusa A/H1N1, jednak dla pewności dodatkowe analizy zlecono laboratoriom zagranicznym. Studies conducted in Ukraine showed no presence in the blood of the dead virus A/H1N1, but for the certainty of additional study was commissioned to foreign laboratories. Ich wyniki będą znane na początku przyszłego tygodnia. Their results will be known early next week.
Śmiertelne ofiary wirusa w trzech obwodach Casualties of the virus in the three circuits
Ukraina: 34 ofiary powikłań pogrypowych Ukraine: 34 victims of complications pogrypowych

Ukraiński wiceminister zdrowia Aleksander Bilovol poinformował, że według jego wiedzy wszystkie osoby, kt?re zmarły, miały poniżej 45 lat. Ukrainian Deputy Minister for Health Bilovol Alexander said that to his knowledge all those who died were below 45 years. Według wstępnych informacji przyczyną śmierci jest nie grypa, a zapalenie płuc - powikłanie związane z SARS. According to preliminary information, the cause of death is not flu and pneumonia - a complication related to SARS. W ubiegłym roku ze względu na komplikacje spowodowane po nieprawidłowym leczeniu na SARS zmarło ok. 6,5 tys. In the past year due to complications caused by the improper treatment of SARS died about 6.5 thousand. Pierwsze ofiary grypy w Rosji The first victim of influenza in Russia
W Kraju Zabajkalskim na Syberii, regionie graniczącym z Mongolią i Chinami,... czytaj więcej ? Country Zabajkalskim In Siberia, a region bordering Mongolia and China, ... read more ?

Epidemia się rozszerza The epidemic is expanding A/H1N1 niebezpieczna dla kobiet w ciąży A/H1N1 dangerous for pregnant women
Świńska grypa jest szczeg?lnie niebezpieczna dla ciężarnych. Swine influenza is particularly dangerous for pregnant women. We wczesnym... czytaj więcej ? In the early ... read more ?

W związku z epidemią w obwodzie tarnopolskim ogłoszono kwarantannę oraz zamknięto przedszkola i plac?wki oświatowe. In view of the epidemic in Ternopil Oblast declared a quarantine and closed kindergartens and educational institutions. Według agencji UNIAN tylko w czwartek liczba hospitalizowanych ze wstępnym rozpoznaniem "zapalenie płuc" w Tarnopolu wzrosła o 2,5 raza. According to the agency UNIAN only on Thursday the number of patients hospitalized with the preliminary diagnosis of "pneumonia" in Ternopil increased by 2.5 times. W czwartek rano było ich 326, w tym 55 dzieci. On Thursday morning, there were 326, including 55 children. W ogłoszonym przez ministerstwo raporcie na godzinę 16 liczba chorych zwiększyła się do 383, w tym 134 to dzieci. As announced by the ministry report, 16 per hour, the number of patients increased to 383, including 134 of them children.

Jak donosi portal newsru.ua lekarze informują, że w analogicznym kwartale zeszłego roku w rejonie Tarnopola odnotowano 33 zgony z powodu powikłań układu oddechowego. As reported by the portal newsru.ua doctors report that in the same quarter last year, Ternopil region was 33 deaths due to respiratory complications. Podkreślają, że w?wczas byli to starsi ludzie z przewlekłą chorobą i dzieci poniżej 1 roku życia. Emphasize that if they were older people with chronic illness and children under 1 year of age.

Kwarantanna nad granicą Quarantine on the border

W obwodzie tarnopolskim przerażeni chorobą ludzie rzucili się do aptek w poszukiwaniu lek?w. In Ternopil Oblast disease terrified people rushed to pharmacies in search of drugs. W odpowiedzi na to aptekarze podnieśli ich ceny. In response, the pharmacists raised their prices. Podobna sytuacja panuje na Zakarpaciu iw obwodzie iwano-frankowskim. A similar situation prevails in Transcarpathia and Ivano-Frankivsk region.

- Szkoły już są wszystkie zamknięte, instytuty są pozamykane ? relacjonował tvn24.pl przebywający teraz w Polsce Ukrainiec, Jurij Pieknyj. - Schools are now all closed, the institutes are closed up - reported tvn24.pl now residing in Poland, the Ukrainian, Yuri Pieknyj. Dodał, że dzieci kt?re uczą się w Tarnopolu zostały rozwiezione do swoich dom?w w okolicznych wioskach. He added that children who learn in Tarnopol were rozwiezione to their homes in surrounding villages.

- Dzwoniła do mnie wczoraj (pracująca w Tarnopolu - red.) żona i m?wiła, że miasto jest w og?le zamknięte. - He called me yesterday (working in Ternopil - ed) my wife and said that the city is generally closed. Pociągi się tam nie zatrzymują - m?wił rozm?wca tvn24.pl. Trains do not stop there - said the caller tvn24.pl.

Władze dementują plotki Authorities denies rumors

Nerwowa atmosfera wśr?d mieszkańc?w sprzyja rodzeniu się wielu plotek. Nervous atmosphere among the population favors the birth of many rumors. Pojawiły się informacje np. o odcięciu okręgu tarnopolskiego od świata, a nawet o substancjach chemicznych zrzucanych z helikopter?w. There were information, such as cut off from the world Ternopil district, and even on the chemicals dropped from helicopters. ? Wszystkie te pogłoski są nieprawdziwe - oświadczył Jurij Chyzhmar, przedstawiciel lokalnych władz. - All these rumors are untrue - Chyzhmar said Yuri, a representative of local authorities. Z kolei Władysław Hazolyshyn ? psychoterapeuta z Tarnopola ? ocenił, że wszystkie te pogłoski są wynikiem coraz większej paniki wśr?d miejscowej ludności. In turn, Wladyslaw Hazolyshyn - psychotherapist Tarnopol - found that all these rumors are the result of a growing panic among the local population.

Lekarze zaapelowali natomiast do Ukraińc?w, by w razie pogorszenia się stanu zdrowia "natychmiast zgłaszali się do lekarzy". Doctors appealed for the Ukrainians, in the event of deterioration "immediately reported to the doctors."

Granica pod specjalnym nadzorem Limit under special surveillance

W związku z epidemią grypy na zachodzie Ukrainie zaostrzono zasady przekraczania granicy. In connection with the epidemic of influenza in the west Ukraine tightened rules for crossing the border. Wołodymyr Szeremeta z zachodniej dyrekcji regionalnej Służby Granicznej zapewnia, że na wszystkich przejściach granicznych wjeżdżających na terytorium Ukrainy będą kontrolowali lekarze. Volodymyr Szeremeta from Western Regional Directorate of the Border Service ensures that all border crossings entering the territory of Ukraine will be controlled doctors. Dopiero potem do pracy przystąpią celnicy i funkcjonariusze Służby Granicznej w maskach ochronnych. Only then proceed to work as customs officers and officers of the Border Service of protective masks.

Po polskiej stronie nie wprowadzono żadnych obostrzeń związanych z epidemią grypy na zachodniej Ukrainie. On the Polish side did not put any restrictions related to the influenza epidemic in western Ukraine. Polacy czekają na dyspozycje ze strony Inspektoratu Sanitarnego. Poles are waiting for instructions from the Sanitary Inspectorate.

Polska na razie bezpieczna? Poland for the time being safe?

W czwartek w związku z sytuacją na Ukrainie zebrał się też zesp?ł ekspert?w w Rządowym Centrum Bezpieczeństwa w Warszawie. On Thursday in connection with the situation in Ukraine, gathered a team of experts at the Government Security Center in Warsaw. Stwierdzono, że w polskich wojew?dztwach przygranicznych nie odnotowano nietypowego wzrostu zachorowań grypopodobnych. It was found that the Polish border regions there has been no unusual increase in influenza-like illness. W spotkaniu uczestniczyli przedstawiciele Gł?wnego Inspektoratu Sanitarnego, Straży Granicznej i MSZ. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate, the Border Guard and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Wydany wieczorem komunikat zapewnia, że polskie służby sanitarne monitorują sytuację na terytorium kraju, aw zależności od rozwoju sytuacji epidemiologicznej podjęte zostaną adekwatne działania. Released in the evening message ensures that the Polish health services monitor the situation in the country and, depending on the epidemiological development appropriate action will be taken.
 
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Re: Ukraine: at least 20 die of possible swine flu - most were "young and healthy"

A rapid test would only indicate that it is Influenza A, not the strain. It would not differentiate between seasonal flu, Pandemic H1N1, or some other flu virus.

Likewise, Tamiflu is a good treatment for many kinds of flu, including both Pandemic H1N1 and avian H5N1 (which is not possible here).

This is definitely a flu outbreak, but the strain is still unclear.

Given that we are in the middle of a pandemic what do you think is the most likely?

In fact if it's not H1N1 then it may be time to panic for real now because we are potentially seeing the start of a pandemic of something even worse. I am sure that is not the reaction the Ukranian government wants though with their repeated caveats and I think it is unlikely in any case.

Google's current estimate of ILI in Ukraine.

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And the other article from post 122. The bold text in this article is VERY TELLING. If some of the alive people in serious condition have tested positive for Pandemic H1N1, that is likely the cause of the entire outbreak. But this is the only place I have read this.

http://translate.google.pl/translat...ka-granica-a13189&sl=pl&tl=en&history_state0=

Czwartek [29.10.2009, 17:20] ostatnia aktualizacja: Tuesday [29.10.2009, 19:20] 3 źródła Tuesday [29.10.2009, 17:20] Last updated: Tuesday [29.10.2009, 19:20]
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Tajemniczy wirus zabija pod polską granicą Mystery virus kills the Polish border
wirus | polska | sąsiad | choroba | epidemia | zdrowie | ukraina virus | Poland | neighbor | disease | epidemic | Health | ukraine

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Walczy z nim Ukraina. Ukraine fights with him. Kiedy dotrze do Polski? When you reach the Polish?

Po śmierci 34 osób i setkach w szpitalu władze rozważają otaczanie miast na zachodzie kraju sanitarnymi kordonami. After the death of 34 people and hundreds of hospital authorities consider the surrounding cities to the west of the country kordonami sanitation. Według doniesień medialnych ludność cywilna całymi rodzinami ucieka na wschód. According to media reports the civilian population as families flee to the east.

Najgorzej jest w Tarnopolu. The worst is in Ternopil. Zamknięto tam szkoły, przedszkola i uczelnię - mówi RMF FM Józef Szkodziński, prezes Polskiego Towarzystwa Gimnastycznego „Sokół” w Tarnopolu. There closed schools, kindergartens and school - RMF FM says Joseph Szkodziński, president of the Polish Gymnastic Society "Falcon" in Ternopil.
Dzwoniła do mnie wczoraj pracująca w Tarnopolu żona i mówiła, że miasto jest w ogóle zamknięte. Rang me yesterday working in Ternopil wife and said that the city is generally closed. Pociągi się tam nie zatrzymują - cytuje swojego rozmówcę tvn24.pl Trains do not stop there - quoting his interlocutor tvn24.pl
Podobnie sytuacja wygląda w sąsiadującym z Polską Lwowie. Similarly, the situation is in neighboring Polish Lvov.

Wśród ofiar śmiertelnych jest już 56-letnia lekarka która odwiedzała zarażonych wirusem w domach - czytamy na lvivnews.info. Among the victims is 56-year-old doctor who visited infected with the virus at home - read on lvivnews.info.
Dzień i noc stacje telewizyjne apelują do Ukraińców: nie wychodźcie z domów jeżeli nie musicie. Day and night, television networks have called on Ukrainians: Do not go out of their homes if you do not have. Lekarze nie są nawet pewni co zabija. Doctors are not even sure what kills.

Oprócz wirusowego zapalenia płuc stwierdzono również przypadki świńskiej grypy, pacjenci żyją, ale są w ciężkim stanie - donosi RMF FM. In addition to viral pneumonia were also cases of swine flu, the patients are alive but are in serious condition - RMF FM reported.
Dopiero za kilka dni, gdy w Kijowie przeprowadzone zostaną analizy, będzie wiadomo z jakim typem wirusa Ukraińcy muszą się zmierzyć. Only a few days in Kiev, where the analysis will be carried out, will know what type of virus must face the Ukrainians.

Wasilij Kniaziewicz, szef resortu zdrowia, wezwał do natychmiastowego zgłaszania się do lekarzy i izolowania chorych oraz zaapelował, by nie wpadać w panikę - dodaje stacja. Vasily Kniaziewicz, head of the ministry of health, called for an immediate report to the doctors and isolation of patients and appealed not to panic - the following station.
 
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"

Given that we are in the middle of a pandemic what do you think is the most likely?

In fact if it's not H1N1 then it may be time to panic for real now because we are potentially seeing the start of a pandemic of something even worse. I am sure that is not the reaction the Ukranian government wants though with their repeated caveats and I think it is unlikely in any case.

Google's current estimate of ILI in Ukraine.

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I agree. H1N1 is the most likely. But if it isn't H1N1, you're right - this would be the start of an even worse Pandemic. The alternative to Pandemic H1N1 is another novel flu virus. And that is what I have feared the past two days. And you're right - that would be very unlikely, but very, very bad.
 
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Unidentified flue outbreak in Western Ukraine

October29200919:48
Western Ukraine was hit by a severe epidemic of unidentified influenza, tentatively diagnosed by doctors as viral pneumonia. The number of dead has climbed dramatically. Doctors advise Western Ukrainians to stay at home and use preventive medication. The first pedestrians wearing face masks have been seen on Lviv streets

Lviv kindergartens and schools have been closed, and the city council is to have its emergency session soon to address the flue outbreak. So far, the information released by the authorities on the epidemic dimensions spread and preventive measures is scarce, causing panic to spread in the city.

Here are the latest reports on the situation in other W.Ukraine oblasts:
Ternopil oblast

As the number of sick persons increases, the authorities describe the situation as rather serious, says Ternopil oblast chief medical officer Bohdan Onyskiv.

?In all, 262 patients are treated in hospitals, of these 16 in serious condition. !* children have died in rural areas and 70 in Ternopil,? he says.

Onyskiv confirmed that they died from viral pneumonia.

The main cause of their death is that sick Ukrainians were too late requesting medical help, most of them on the 5th or 6th day of the disease. They stayed at home, trying to treat themselves, visiting hospitals when it was too late. The disease has a distinct viral nature, complicating treatment, he added.

Lviv Oblast

Five persons have died from the flue in Lviv, four men and one woman, says emergency hospital chief doctor Myron Borysevych.

Two of the dead patients were in the 22-35 age group, with 2 others over 60. He diagnosed the disease as viral pneumonia.

?We have sent the analyses to Kyiv. We don?t believe it?s the swine flue. Neither do we know what kind of pneumonia it is,
Borysevych stressed. Viral tests can last from one to two weeks. They are complicated and not done in Lviv. The course of the disease was very quick. The symptoms included very high temperature and short-wind cough.

The disease started as an ordinary chill with headache and temperature. The symptoms lasted for a week before patient condition began to aggravate.

Zakarpattya Oblast

A man has died from the swine flue in Volovets. He has recently returned from Saint Petersburg, Russia, suffering from a cold. He was rushed to the hospital when pneumonia symptoms were found by doctors. Another local who came from Moscow became sick and went to see his doctor in time. Now he is recovering safely.

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

All the six dead young people had symptoms of severe hemmorhagic pneumonia. The disease starts slowly, with temperature rising to 37.2 ? 37.3 degrees, slight cough and pain in joints. Nasal catarrh developed at the end of the second or third day. Autopsy revealed that the lungs were soaked with blood, the oblast chief specialist said.

Chernivtsi Oblast

The number of persons with common flue in Chernivtsi has grown from 2,623 to 4,053. According to the local medical authorities, the city has been hit by an unknown type of the flue. The tests to identify the virus will be ready only in 2 weeks, doctors say.

http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2009/10/29/202374

Comment: The article had the exclamation point and astrix in the part bolded at the top of the article. Makes you wonder what was there huh? Sounds like there has been 70 deaths in Ternopil in that portion of the article. The severe hemorhagic pneumonis does not sound like H1N1, at least not in multiple cases.
 
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Alert (and others)

The portion below from the article I posted above indicates to me that they have pandemic H1N1 circulating in the area. The real question is whether they have something new also.

The number of persons with common flue in Chernivtsi has grown from 2,623 to 4,053. According to the local medical authorities, the city has been hit by an unknown type of the flue. The tests to identify the virus will be ready only in 2 weeks, doctors say.
 
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Information about persons ill with ARI / flu as of 16:00 29.10.2009

<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" align=center><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#4d8b80 align=left>29.10.2009
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Information about persons ill with ARI / flu as of 16:00 29.10.2009


<TABLE border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD rowSpan=2 align=middle>Name domains </TD><TD colSpan=3 align=middle>Number of cases </TD><TD colSpan=3 align=middle>Of those hospitalized </TD><TD colSpan=3 align=middle>Of these znahadyatsya in the department of anesthesiology and intensive care </TD><TD colSpan=3 align=middle>With them died 19/10/2009 </TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle>Total </TD><TD align=middle>Adults </TD><TD align=middle>Children </TD><TD align=middle>Total </TD><TD align=middle>Adults </TD><TD align=middle>Children </TD><TD align=middle>Total </TD><TD align=middle>Adults </TD><TD align=middle>Children </TD><TD align=middle>Total </TD><TD align=middle>Adults </TD><TD align=middle>Children </TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast </TD><TD align=left>1469 </TD><TD align=left>23 pregnant </TD><TD align=left>
461

</TD><TD align=left>269 </TD><TD align=left>
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</TD><TD align=left>197 </TD><TD align=left>15 </TD><TD align=left>
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5

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6

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</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Lviv Oblast </TD><TD align=left>
9154

9154
</TD><TD align=left>
6197

6197
</TD><TD align=left>2957 </TD><TD align=left>299 </TD><TD align=left>137 </TD><TD align=left>
166

</TD><TD align=left>
12

</TD><TD align=left>3 pregnant </TD><TD align=left>
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</TD><TD align=left>
12

</TD><TD align=left>
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--
</TD><TD align=left>
1

</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Ternopil Oblast </TD><TD align=left>
27300

27300
</TD><TD align=left>
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</TD><TD align=left>
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</TD><TD align=left>383 </TD><TD align=left>
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--
</TD><TD align=left>
134

</TD><TD align=left>
34

</TD><TD align=left>
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--
</TD><TD align=left>
26

26
</TD><TD align=left>
12

</TD><TD align=left>
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--
</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Total </TD><TD align=left>
37923

37923
</TD><TD align=left>
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</TD><TD align=left>3418 </TD><TD align=left>951 </TD><TD align=left>137 </TD><TD align=left>
497

</TD><TD align=left>
61

</TD><TD align=left>
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</TD><TD align=left>
31

31
</TD><TD align=left>
30

</TD><TD align=left>
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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"

Dozens of people killed in Ukraine to an unknown pneumonia
October 29, 2009 22:48 |
An unknown pneumonia killed in Ukraine, 30 people during the month of October, AFP reported citing an announcement Thursday by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. Panic was installed in the population and, according to a ministry's comuncat most affected are Ternopil and Lviv regions, each with 12 cases. The remaining six deaths were recorded in Ivano-Frankivsk region, according to the same source, who added that the origin of the disease is unknown.

In these three regions 37,900 people suffering from viral respiratory infections, 951 of which required hospitalization. 61 of these people, including 31 children, are interned in intensive care, according to the communication ministry.

Masks and antivirals are sold like hot cakes and the streets of Ternopil can see many people wearing protective masks, most were young people aged between 20 and 30 years.

"Management has recommended our university students Thursday to return to the cities from which they came, as soon as I can," said one student Ukrainian telephone to AFP.

According to an AFP journalist in the face of pharmacy in Lvov formed queues of tens of meters and antivirals are becoming harder to find. "Wednesday we have exhausted almost all medicines against the flu that I had," said a vendor from a pharmacy.

Kindergartens and schools in Ternopil, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk were closed, authorities recommending the university to cancel classes, and people avoid meetings. In Drogobici, the city of Lviv area where there were ten deaths due to pneumonia, all clubs were closed.

In Ukraine there have been only two cases of influenza A H1N1.:tiphat:http://www.antena3.ro/stiri/externe...ucraina-de-o-pneumonie-necunoscuta_83837.html
 
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"

To provide advice and practical assistance from October 28 in the area will bring together experts Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases Gromashevsky behalf of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
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http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/51513/

" As of Oct. 29, Ukraine’s Health Ministry had not yet determined whether the recent deaths are related to the global outbreak of the H1N1 "swine flu" virus, but they admitted to sending more than 1,200 doses of Tamiflu, the antiviral drug used to treat H1N1, to western Ukraine."

( 1200 ???? I would not be surprised if it is a combination of H1N1 and Tuberculosis, causing the severe -hemorrage-lungproblems. There is hardly any treatment availabale in this former ussr-republic against TBC,and many are undiagnosed. -William)

Full article:


Swine flu fears on rise after numerous deaths
Yesterday at 22:27 | Peter Byrne Health Ministry is trying to identify the deadly virus that has killed at least 30 people in western Ukraine so far.

An unknown virus is afflicting thousands in western Ukraine, according to health authorities who say at least 30 people have died this month alone from the mysterious ailment. The death toll is expected to grow higher soon.

As of Oct. 29, Ukraine’s Health Ministry had not yet determined whether the recent deaths are related to the global outbreak of the H1N1 "swine flu" virus, but they admitted to sending more than 1,200 doses of Tamiflu, the antiviral drug used to treat H1N1, to western Ukraine.

Thus far, there have been only two confirmed cases of swine flu in Ukraine, according to health officials, who have expressed confidence that the country is ready to combat the virus should an outbreak occur. But fears about the possible onset of a swine flu pandemic in Ukraine increased on Oct. 27 after media reported that a man from Zakarpattya Oblast had died of swine flu complications. The diagnosis has not been confirmed.

“Ukraine’s Health Ministry has convened an emergency team to identify the virus and identify measures to prevent it from spreading,” Health Minister Vasyl Knyazevych said on Oct. 29 during a cabinet meeting.

“Specialists on the team are working around the clock and we are confident that we will be able to identify the cause [of the deaths] on Monday or Tuesday next week and announce preventative measures,” Knyazevych said.

“Some 10 people have perished in Ternopil Oblast, and several in the Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts,” Deputy Health Minister Oleksandr Bilovol said a day earlier during a press conference in Kyiv. He added that all victims were less than 45 years of age.

“The individuals died of viral pneumonia, the cause of which we have not yet determined,” said Bilovol, adding that health officials are awaiting the results of laboratory tests. “According to our data, the number of deaths due to viral pneumonia is a little higher than last year.”

More than 6,000 people in Ukraine died of pneumonia in 2008, according to Health Ministry statistics, with 400 fatalities registered in the Ternopil, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts.

Bilovol said during the press conference that 34 individuals of the 160 patients currently afflicted are in critical condition. He said that most of the people who died waited too long — one week — before seeking medical assistance.

Health officials say they will need several days to determine whether the cases are, indeed, swine flu. In neighboring Russia, meanwhile, the H1N1 virus is definitely making the rounds. Since June, about 1,300 cases of H1N1 have been registered in Russia by health officials, who have urged people not to panic.

“Two women are believed to have died of the influenza A/H1N1 virus,” a spokesman for eastern Siberia’s Chita region said on Oct. 27, adding that official confirmation of the causes of death would only be available in 21 days.

As of Oct. 29, the number of patients in the region diagnosed with swine flu grew to 251, according to Natalya Zhdanova, deputy governor of Chita region. She said seven patients were in critical conditions.

Ukraine has set up a laboratory that can test for the H1N1 virus and more test kits are planned to be purchased. Ukraine’s strategy has been to contain the H1N1 virus and impede its spread among the population by surveillance in airports and train stations.

The H1N1 virus is not usually deadly, but spreads more quickly than usual flu because it’s a new virus against which people have not yet built immunity.

According to the World Health Organization, 2 percent of patients sick with H1N1 come to hospitals with complications. People with lung and heart conditions, diabetes, obesity, pregnant women, elderly and very young children are in the high-risk groups.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Oct. 25 declared a national emergency as the estimated number of swine flu cases topped one million. During a visit to Ukraine weeks ago, U.S. health officials urged their Ukrainian counterparts to boost preparations for combating a possible H1N1 epidemic, warning that it’s only a matter of time before the country would be hit. Experts have also expressed concern about the ability of Ukraine’s dilapidated and under-financed health system to contain a serious outbreak.

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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"

Lviv began a flu epidemic
29/10/2009



In Lviv, registered a sharp increase in cases of influenza and ARI. So you can see that in a flu epidemic has started. On this today during a press conference said the coordinator of epidemic acute in Ukraine, the chief physician hospital Myron Borisevich. "In Lviv began a flu epidemic. That's influenza, but not acute respiratory infections ", - said Myron Borisevich.

According to him, the incidence of acute in Ukraine exceeds epidporih in 1.7 times. Between 26 to 28 October in the town of 5 thousand 288 registered patients with ODS. Incidence among children aged 7-14 years is 1 thousand 259 cases.

In addition, in Ukraine, recorded 5 deaths from acute pneumonia, a complication after influenza.
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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"

NovynyHryp diagnosed almost 38 thousand residents of three regions in Western Ukraine

20:27, 29/10/2009
Influenza and ARI in Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Ternopil regions just sick 37 923 persons of which 3418 - Children.
The largest number of patients in the Ternopil region - 27 300.
Hospitals in three areas - 951 person, including 497 children.
From acute respiratory infections and influenza deaths, 30 people in Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Ternopil regions, of which - one child.;)

As ZAXID.NET of Health, according to the operational headquarters of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, on 16 minutes in Lviv and Ternopil regions by 12 people dead, and Ivano-Frankivsk region - 6. In resuscitation is 61 people, of which 31 children and 3 pregnant women. :tiphat:http://www.zaxid.net/newsua/2009/10/29/202732/
 
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"

Here is the description given by the widow of one of the victims. Note the ears turning black. It is conceivable that this might not be influenza at all, but whatever it is, it spreads as efficiently as flu.

The proportion of deaths to cases seems constant across regions, and there is as yet no report of two deaths in the same family, so it is unlikely that this is an outbreak of something really deadly (SARS, plague, anthrax, etc.) overlapping a milder flu outbreak. This is likely 40,000 cases of the same illness.

http://www.blik.ua/content/view/26261/39/

Widow Galina Grinuk: Last flu took us breadwinner
Украина Ukraine Пятница, 30 Октябрь 2009 Friday, October 30, 2009

За сухой статистикой смертности от загадочного вируса – траур и отчаяние. «БЛИК» побывал в семье жителя Тернопольской области Владимира Гринюка (40 лет), который стал одной из первых жертв эпидемии. During the dry statistics of deaths from the mysterious virus - mourning and despair. "BLIC" visited the family of a resident of the Ternopol Vladimir Grinuk (40 years), which became one of the first victims of the epidemic.


В своем родном селе Шманькивчики Владимир владел крупной автомастерской. In his native village Shmankivchiki Vladimir possessed a large vehicle workshop. Как его здесь уважали! As it is respected! Говорили – золотые руки, безотказной души человек! Said - the golden hands, trouble-free soul man! Володи не стало 16 октября, когда еще никто не говорил об эпидемии. Volodya was Oct. 16, when nobody talked about the epidemic.
– Доктор спрашивал у меня, ездил ли Вова за границу. - The doctor asked me whether Vova traveled abroad. Я ответила, что приходилось. I replied that I had. Да и к нам домой иногда приезжали иностранцы. Yes, and sometimes came home with us foreigners. В последний раз в середине сентября были парни из Англии, – вспоминает вдова Галина (38 лет). The last time in mid-September were the guys from England - recalls widow Galina (38 years). – Мы с детьми переболели, и живы. - We are the children got cold, and alive. Володеньки нет... Volodenka no ...

Вдова Галина Гринюк с осиротевшими Ромой и Марийкой Widow Galina Grinuk with orphaned Romoy and Marika

Это единственная фотография Владимира, которая осталась в семье. This is the only picture of Vladimir, which remained in the family. Он сделал ее для загранпаспорта He made it to the passport

Болезнь развивалась стремительно! The disease develops rapidly! Утром перед работой мужчина был бодр и здоров, а вечером вернулся обессиленным. In the morning before work the man was in good spirits and good health, and in the evening returned exhausted.
– Он мне сказал: «Галя, я что-то очень ослаб, плохо мне». - He told me: "Gal, I have something very weak, poor me." Он был очень выносливый, крепкий, никогда ни на что не жаловался. He was very sturdy, strong, never anything he did not complain. А тут… Я насторожилась. Дала ему чая с лимоном, таблетку. She gave him tea with lemon, a pill.
Несколько дней у Владимира держалась температура 39 градусов. A few days later, Vladimir had a temperature 39 degrees. Но все равно он мотался на рынки в Тернополь и Ивано-Франковск торговать запчастями для автомобилей. Still, he shook the markets in Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk sell spare parts for automobiles. Он не мог позволить себе бездельничать. He could not afford to do nothing.
– Так жалко его было, так жалко! - So sorry it was so sad! – плачет Галина и целует фотографию мужа. - Galina weeps and kisses the picture of her husband.
Когда она наконец уговорила супруга поехать в сельскую больницу, врачи определили у него двустороннее воспаление легких. When she finally persuaded her husband to go to a rural hospital, doctors determined he had double pneumonia. Владимира на ночь оставили в больнице. Vladimir left for the night in the hospital. А утром он не взял трубку мобильного телефона. In the morning he picked up the phone.
– Я очень встревожилась. - I was very alarmed. Помчалась в больницу. Rushed to the hospital. Захожу в палату, а он в какой-то странной позе, уши почернели, жилы на лице выступили, лицо красное, кашляет на полотенце пеной алого цвета, – сквозь слезы вспоминает Галина. I went to the House, and he in a strange posture, ears turned black, the veins on the face were made, red face, coughing on a towel with foam crimson - through tears says Galina.

На «скорой» Владимира повезли в районный центр – Чертков. In the ambulance drove in Vladimir district center - Chertkov. Пять часов группа врачей билась в реанимации за его жизнь. Five hours of a medical team struggled in intensive care for his life. Владимира многие знали и уважали, а потому, уверены его родственники, доктора сделали все что могли. Vladimir many knew and respected, but because they believe his relatives, the doctors did everything they could.
– Врач завел меня в кабинет и сказал: «Молитесь Богу, только на него надежда, больше никак ему не помочь». - The doctor took me into his office and said: "Pray to God, but it was hoped more could he not help." Еще сказал, что таких заболеваний, как у моего мужа, на всю Тернопольскую область было три, и все – смертельные, – вспоминает вдова. Another said that diseases such as my husband, for all Ternopil region had three, and all - death, - says the widow.
На руках у Галины остались двое деток – Рома (12 лет) и Марийка (13 лет). Held by Galina left two kids - Roma (12 years) and Marika (13 years). А еще ее больная мама Мария Дмитриевна (58 лет), которой уже не хватает денег на инсулин. And her ailing mother Maria D. (58 years), which is not enough money for insulin. При этом женщине самой придется выплачивать огромный кредит – 20 тысяч долларов. Thus every woman will have to pay a huge loan - 20 thousand dollars. Государство же пообещало помощь в размере 610 гривен пенсии по утрате кормильца. The state also pledged aid amounting to 610 hryvnia survivors' pensions.
– До сих пор не верится, что такое горе случилось. - Still can not believe that such grief happened. Если бы мы знали, что это за вирус! – плачет Галина. - Crying Galina. – Как нам жить? - How do we live?
Скончались от гриппа 35 Deaths from influenza 35

Умирают первые дети They die first children

Страшный вирус умножает жертвы с каждым днем. A terrible virus multiplies the victims every day. В Закарпатской области умер мужчина, недавно вернувшийся из Санкт-Петербурга (Россия). In the Transcarpathian region is dead man, who recently returned from St. Petersburg (Russia). Это первый случай в Украине, когда медики официально допустили: причиной стал вирус свиного гриппа. This is the first time in Ukraine, where doctors officially admit: the reason was the virus of swine influenza.
В Черновцах от вирусной пневмонии умерла девушка. In Chernivtsi died from viral pneumonia in a girl. По неофициальным данным, в городе от пневмонии скончались еще два человека. According to unofficial data, in the city died of pneumonia two others. Как показывает практика последних дней, слухам можно верить – они подтверждаются. Practice shows that the last few days, rumors can be believed - they are confirmed.
Во Львовской области уже 10 умерших. In the Lviv region for 10 deaths. Среди них ребенок – девочка (11 лет). Among them, a child - girl (11 years). Госпитализированы 4 беременные женщины. 4 hospitalized pregnant women.
В Ривненской области от острой пневмонии умерли трое мужчин. In the Rivne region of severe pneumonia died three men. Все в возрасте до 30 лет. All under the age of 30 years. Об этом сообщил главврач областной больницы Мирослав Семанив. Told the chief doctor of the regional hospital Miroslav Semanov. Еще один больной при смерти. Another patient at death. Число погибших в Тернопольской области достигло 12 человек. The death toll in the Ternopil region has reached 12 people. Среди умерших ребенок (5 лет) и роженица. Among the dead child (5 years) and mothers. За одни сутки число госпитализированных с диагнозом «пневмония» увеличилось в 2,5 раз. For one day the number of hospitalized with a diagnosis of "pneumonia" has increased in 2,5 times. 22 человека в очень тяжелом состоянии. 22 people in very serious condition.
Началась эпидемия среди малышей An epidemic among kids

Превышение эпидемического порога во Львове зафиксировано в возрастной группе детей 3 – 6 лет. Exceeding the epidemic threshold in Lviv recorded in the age group of children 3 - 6 years. Всего заболели 912 детей. Total 912 sick children. В городе объявлен карантин. In the town quarantined. Закрываются детские садики, школы. Being shut down kindergartens and schools. На очереди – вузы. The next step - college.
Приостановлен воспитательный процесс и в детских садиках Ивано-Франковской области. Suspended educational process in kindergartens Ivano-Frankivsk region. Также закрывают школы, лицеи, колледжи. Also closes schools, lyceums and colleges. Проведение в области всех массовых мероприятий строго ограничено. Implementation of all events is strictly limited.
Украина просит у ВОЗ вакцину Ukraine asks for WHO vaccine

При Минздраве создан специальный штаб по борьбе с ужасным вирусом. When the Ministry of Health created a special headquarters to fight the terrible virus. Министр здравоохранения Василий Князевич призывает граждан при первых признаках простудных заболеваний немедленно обращаться к врачам и просит руководителей предприятий отпускать с работы людей, которые плохо себя чувствуют. Health Minister Vasyl Knyazevich encourages citizens at the first sign of colds immediately seeking medical attention and asked business leaders to let go of people who feel unwell. Отчего так стремительно умирают больные, врачи пока не могут сказать. Why so fast dying patients, doctors can not yet say. Результаты исследований будут известны только через несколько дней. The results will be known only after a few days.
Тем временем директор Украинского центра гриппа Александр Гриневич допустил, что в ноябре Украину действительно может накрыть эпидемия свиного гриппа. Meanwhile, the director of the Ukrainian Center of influenza Alexander Grinevich admitted that in November, Ukraine can really cover the epidemic of swine flu. «Украинская сторона уже официально обратилась к Всемирной организации здравоохранения с просьбой предоставить Украине вакцину от так называемого свиного гриппа как гуманитарную помощь», – заявил вчера Гриневич. "The Ukrainian side has formally requested the World Health Organization to provide Ukraine a vaccine against the so-called swine flu as humanitarian aid", - said yesterday Grinevich.
В аптеках дефицит лекарств Pharmacies shortage of medicines

Жители Тернополя массово скупают лекарства от гриппа. В городских аптеках наблюдается дефицит таких препаратов как арбидол, амизон, амиксин (они угнетают активность вирусов), а также марлевых повязок. In urban pharmacies there is a shortage of such drugs as arbidol, amizon, Amixin (they inhibit the activity of viruses), as well as gauze bandages. В некоторых аптеках цены на марлевые повязки возросли вдвое – с 60 копеек до 1,2 грн. In some pharmacies prices on gauze bandages doubled - from 60 cents to 1,2 UAH.
Жители Львова также массово бросились скупать лекарства. The inhabitants of Lviv is massively rushed to buy drugs. Аптекари говорят, что дистрибьюторы не успевают завозить препараты в аптеки. Pharmacists say that the distributors do not have time to deliver drugs to pharmacies.
В Киеве противовирусные препараты в аптеках пока есть. In Kiev, antiviral drugs in pharmacies while there.

Сергей Мальнев, Фото автора Sergei Mal'nev,
 
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"

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Infection razvezut nationwide
Украина Ukraine Пятница, 30 Октябрь 2009 Friday, October 30, 2009

В среду в Тернопольской и Ивано-Франковской областях закрыли все учебные заведения! On Wednesday in Ternopil and Ivano-Frankovsk regions have closed all schools! Студенты тут же помчались на вокзалы за билетами ? кто домой, кто в турпоездки по стране. Students immediately rushed to the stations for the ticket - someone home who tours the country. А ведь не исключено, что многие парни и девушки уже заражены. But it is possible that many boys and girls are already infected. Они могут разнести опасный вирус по всей стране! They can spread the dangerous virus across the country!


? Как только закрыли наш вуз, я решила съездить в Киев к подруге, ведь потом может и не получиться ? вдруг всю область закроют на карантин? - As soon as we closed the university, I decided to go to Kiev to a friend, since then may or may not turn out - suddenly the whole area closed to quarantine? ? говорит студентка из Тернополя Виктория (19 лет). - Says a student from Ternopol Victoria (19 years).

Виктория даже спала в маске Victoria even slept in a mask

С Викторией мы познакомились в поезде ?Тернополь ? Киев?. In Victoria, we met on the train "Ternopil - Kiev. Сейчас этот состав, словно передвижная больница! Now this composition, like a mobile hospital! Люди едут в масках, у кого нет ? прикрываются платками, шарфами. People go in masks who do not - are covered in shawls, scarves. Отовсюду доносится кашель, и все разговоры ? только о таинственной заразе, которая косит людей. Everywhere is heard coughing, and all the talk - only about a mysterious plague, which decimated the people.
Поезд прибывает в Киев в 8 утра. The train arrives in Kiev at 8 am. В 7.30 людей будят радийной передачей о? свином гриппе! At 7.30 people wake of radio broadcast transmission of swine influenza ...!
? При малейших признаках заболевания мы призываем оставаться дома, не ходить на работу, избегать скоплений людей. - At the slightest sign of illness, we urge to stay home, not go to work, to avoid crowds. У нас никогда ранее не было такой эпидемии! We have never before been such an epidemic! ? разносится по вагонам тревожный голос Ирины Мыкытчак, замначальника Львовского облздрава. - Is carried on wagons anxious
 
Ukraine - H1N1 outbreak - Outline, summaries, official news

Ukraine - H1N1 outbreak - Outline, summaries, official news

From Poland, neighbouring Ukraine.

Poland is monitoring the situation in the Ukraine closely, authorities are considering the possiblity of closing the border.



google translated

Ukraine: Already 37 of the victims of an epidemic. Rising drug prices, A/H1N1 has been detected

tan, PAP, Gazeta.pl 2009-10-30, last updated 2009-10-30 10:00

- Ukraine has entered into a global pandemic of influenza A/H1N1 zone - said Minister of Health of Ukraine revealing that at least 11 of the 37 victims died of Influenza A/H1N1 virus. The regions of Lviv and iwanofrankowskim closed until further notice, all kindergartens, schools and colleges. Kopacz minister warns of the possibility of closing the borders.

At the press conference, Health Minister Vasyl Kniziewicz revealed the magnitude of the epidemic.

- Ukrainian medical authorities are planning a notice of quarantine in the whole country in connection with the spreading of the virus A/H1N1 country - announced on Friday, Health Minister Vasyl Kniazewycz.

- We consider the possibility of quarantine notice, not only in the western districts, but in the whole country, because the virus is spreading at a rapid pace - Kniziewicz said.

Previously it was unknown exactly what killed 37 people last week, now confirmed by laboratories in Kiev: at least 11 people died of the virus A/H1N1.

The Government has decided to set up a crisis committee przeciwepidemiologicznej.

Pharmacists play on the epidemic

Another problem that emerged immediately after nagłośnieniu epidemic is a dramatic increase target drugs in pharmacies. Also, the problem addressed by the government, appealing to pharmacists, "Do not żerujcie the problems citizens." - But you have to answer, and we will respond sharply - said Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Turczinow.

Kopacz: observe. If you will be worse, we are closing the borders

- Our interests - and here I put pressure on our interest in Polish - is such that if there is a big infection, epidemic, which is not announced yet, we need to be very radical in their decisions to take, including health and not just - said the minister Health Ewa Kopacz in an interview with Polish Radio.

- Radical decisions are such that at some point we can say there is no border traffic, close the borders, if it was any danger. At present there is no such danger - ensure Kopacz.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20091030-OYT1T00672.htm
 
Re: Ukraine - H1N1 - 37 fatalities - 11 confirmed

Re: Ukraine - H1N1 - 37 fatalities - 11 confirmed

Напугавший украинцев неизвестный вирус оказался свиным гриппом

Причиной смерти людей на западе Украины от вируса, тип которого не могли установить несколько дней, стал свиной грипп. Министр здравоохранения Василий Князевич заявил, что в стране началась эпидемия высокопатогенного гриппа A(H1N1). По последним данным ведомства, число жертв достигло 30, летальные исходы зафиксированы уже в трех областях. Телеканал "Интер" сообщает о 35 погибших.

Меж тем глава парламентского комитета по вопросам национальной безопасности и обороны Анатолий Гриценко выступил с призывом остановить панику среди населения в связи с эпидемий гриппа, передает ИТАР-ТАСС. "Люди скупают в аптеках лекарства, медики работают на грани физических возможностей", - заявил он, отметив, что ситуация угрожает выйти из-под контроля. Депутат предлагает в течение двух дней задействовать "мобильные группы военных медиков, призвать необходимое количестве врачей-резервистов, развернуть армейские госпитали, выделить для размещения больных санатории".



Scary unknown virus of Ukrainians turned out to be swine influenza

The cause of death in western Ukraine from the virus, a type that could not be confirmed during a few days, became the swine flu. Health Minister Vasyl Knyazevich stated that there was an outbreak of highly influenza A (H1N1). According to the latest Office, the death toll reached 30 deaths already recorded in the three areas. TV Channel "Inter" said the 35 dead.

Meanwhile the head of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense Anatoliy Gritsenko made an appeal to stop the panic among the population due to epidemics of influenza, ITAR-TASS.

"People are buying drugs at pharmacies, doctors operate on the brink of physical possibilities," - he said, noting that the situation threatens to spiral out of control. MP offers within two days to use "mobile teams of military doctors, to encourage the necessary number of medical reservists to deploy the army hospitals, to provide for the placement of patients motels.

http://www.izvestia.ru/news/news219833
 
Re: Ukraine - H1N1 - 37 fatalities - 30 confirmed

Re: Ukraine - H1N1 - 37 fatalities - 30 confirmed

Министр здравоохранения подтвердил случаи свиного гриппа в Украине


Министр здравоохранения Украины Василий Князевич подтвердил случаи гриппа A/H1N1 в Украине.

Об этом он заявил сегодня, 30 октября.

Напомним, вчера, 29 октября, в СМИ появилась информация о том, что в Закарпатской области в райцентре Воловец, по предварительным данным, от «свиного» гриппа умер мужчина, вернувшийся из Санкт-Петербурга, а симптомы «свиного» гриппа выявлены у еще одного жителя Закарпатья, приехавшего из Москвы.

Первый вице-премьер Александр Турчинов вечером 29 октября, комментируя ситуацию с распространением гриппа и ОРВИ в Украине, сообщил, что сегодня утром, 30 октября, соберется государственная чрезвычайная противоэпидемическая и противоэпизоотическая комиссия.

Вчера вечером Министерство здравоохранения Украины подтвердило 30 случаев смерти от гриппа и острых респираторных вирусных заболеваний, начиная с 19 октября, в Тернопольской, Ивано-Франковской и Львовской областях.

По данным издания «Коммерсантъ-Украина», эпидемия гриппа и острых респираторных заболеваний в Западной Украине уже унесла жизни 37 человек. Издание напоминает, что главной особенностью протекания болезни является поражение легких, в результате чего люди умирают от пневмонии. Врачи пытаются распознать возбудитель данного заболевания.

Санэпидемслужба Львовской области обратилась к жителям с призывом не выходить в места массового скопления людей без специальной маски-респиратора.


Minister of Health has confirmed cases of swine flu in Ukraine


Health Minister Vasyl Knyazevich confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 in Ukraine.

He stated this today, October 30.

Recall yesterday, 29 October, the media reported that, in the Transcarpathian region in the district center Volovets, according to preliminary data from the "swine flu dead man, who returned from St. Petersburg, and the symptoms of swine flu detected in another resident of Transcarpathia, arrived from Moscow.

First Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Turchinov evening of 29 October, commenting on the situation with the spread of influenza and SARS in Ukraine, said that this morning, October 30, will meet the State Emergency Anti-epidemic and antiepizootic Commission.

Yesterday evening, The Ministry of Health has confirmed 30 deaths from flu and acute respiratory viral diseases, starting from 19 October, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv regions.

According to the newspaper "Kommersant-Ukraine, the epidemic of influenza and acute respiratory infections in the Western Ukraine has already claimed the lives of 37 people. The newspaper reminds that the main feature of disease progression is the lung, resulting in people dying from pneumonia. Doctors are trying to identify the agent of this disease.

Public health services in Lviv region appealed to residents to call not to go into places of mass gathering of people without special masks respirator.

http://news.online.ua/245010/


More newsreports on the current epidemic in Ukraine here: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130185
 
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"

Ears "turning black" could be related to "cyanosis" .

A common symptom in a late stage seriously ill H1N1 patient.
 
Re: Ukraine: at least 30 die of swine flu - most were "young and healthy"

Re: Ukraine: at least 30 die of swine flu - most were "young and healthy"

It seems the health authorities try to bring down the number of swine flu fatalities by splitting the cases: partly caused by H1N1, partly caused by "viral infections"?


Ukraine recorded epidemic of influenza A/H1N1

30.10.2009 12:14

October 30, Kiev / learned - Ukrinform /. Ukraine recorded epidemic of highly influenza A/H1N1, said at today's press conference, Health Minister Vasyl Knyazevych.

In two laboratories confirmed the diagnosis - recorded 11 cases of 33 samples.

Knyazevych noted that of 21-carat, studied at the Institute of Pulmonology and Phthisiology them. Yanovsky, confirmed 7 cases of influenza A/H1N1. Of the 12 samples examined by SES, four confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1.

The minister noted that to date 951 people hospitalized in the western regions of the country. According to him, as of this morning, recorded 30 deaths from viral infections.

Knyazevych noted that the situation on the importation and distribution of influenza A/H1N1 and other viral infections uncontrollably, as are "huge migration processes."

He also stressed that Ukraine has a sufficient number of drugs for the treatment of influenza A/H1N1. "WHO has recommended that one or two drugs. They are purchased in sufficient quantities. But, despite treatment, the deaths were due to delays in treatment to the doctor," - said Knyazevych.

He noted that today the issue of possible quarantine declaration will be considered at a meeting of the Government and the National Security Council and oborony.-0 -

http://news.belta.by/ru/news/cis_balt?id=441979


Ukraine reports 30 swine flu deaths

13:0430/10/2009

KIEV, October 30 (RIA Novosti) - Swine flu has been confirmed as the cause of 30 deaths in western Ukraine since October 19, the country's health minister said on Friday.

Vasyliy Knyazevych said the deaths occurred in three regions earlier in the week, but the A/H1N1 virus had only now been determined as the cause.
Knyazevych told Unian news agency that a pandemic had begun in the country.

"Ukraine has joined the global pandemic zone," he told the agency, adding the government would consider imposing quarantines, prolonging current school holidays and other measures to curb the spread of the virus.

The government is expected to hold an emergency session later on Friday to address the outbreak. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to travel to the Tirnopol region, where the virus originated before spreading to the neighboring Ivano-Frankovsk and Lvov regions.

en.rian.ru
 
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