NUMBER OF INFECTED WITH FLU REACHED 250 THOUSAND IN UKRAINE
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.11.2009 12:30 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The death toll from an outbreak of seasonal and
swine flu a flu in Ukraine reached 71 on Tuesday, as shortages of
medical supplies continue in the former Soviet republic. The number
of infected reached 250 thousand, of whom 83 000 are children.
The epicenter of the ilness was the western Lviv province, where the
officially given fatality count from flu infection was 30 people.
Other provinces hit by widespread severe flu infections, called
by some Ukrainian officials an epidemic, included the Ternopil and
Ivano-Frankivsk provinces, with a total of 28 deaths. Flu was the
cause of 12 deaths in five other provinces, all adjacent to Ukraine’s
western border with the European Union (EU). Three of the victims
died of swine flu. The same infection had been confirmed in other 14
people still undergoing treatment.