Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Ukraine threatened by the epidemic of influenza

14.01.2009 | 12:47

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine looks forward to the revitalization of the epidemic in the period from 19 to 25 January in the major cities of Ukraine.

On the second week of the year in all 10 towns were under «the Ukrainian Center of influenza and acute respiratory infections» (UTSG) the incidence of influenza and acute respiratory infections are seasonal, normal for this time of year level. In general, all cities recorded incidence rate rose by 9.8%.

In all the cities of morbidity were significantly below the epidemic threshold, but next week in Ukraine is expected to activate epidemic of influenza and acute respiratory infections, said likar.

The main reasons are called the end of school holidays and public holidays. The group of ten cities controlled UTSG include Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa and Simferopol, Kharkiv and Chernihiv.

In response to the threat of a possible outbreak of diseases Ministry of Health recommends that the people fully to eat, take vitamins, harden and more ventilated area, use drugs targeted actions for stimulating immunity.

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