The MINISTRY of health of Ukraine of flu and ARVI
the Ministry of health of Ukraine and State public health services of Ukraine informed about the epidemic situation with incidence of flu and ORVI in the operational briefing, held January 19 at the Ukrainian crisis media center. The Minister of health of Ukraine Alexander Kvitashvili said at a briefing that as at 17 January 2016 in Ukraine 51 confirmed fatal case as a result of the flu. In Vinnytsia region there were 7 such cases in Odesa – 20, Donetsk – 4, Rovno – 3, in Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, Lviv – 1, in Kiev – 5. "The positive is that for the last week increased the rate of conversion of patients to doctors and hospital stays, this means that people have a responsible attitude to the epidemiological situation, and less self-medicate.. We remind you that it is not necessary proactively to buy medicines, not to create a panic", – said Alexander Kvitashvili. Head of the SE "Ukrainian center of control and monitoring of diseases of Moz of Ukraine" Lyubov Nekrasova reported that 98% of deaths due to the strain of influenza virus type A H1N1. The Ministry of health of Ukraine have reached agreement with manufacturers of drugs "Tamiflu" and "Relenza" regarding urgent deliveries to Ukraine these needed anti-flu drugs. According to the company "Rosh Ukraine", the company is ready to supply 5000 packs of Tamiflu for two weeks in international packaging, and within 8-9 weeks allowed in the Ukrainian language pack. In addition, the Ministry of health of Ukraine held negotiations with the Government of Lithuania on providing Ukraine with the humanitarian aid 2 thousand 443 packages of the drug "Tamiflu" and 27 thousand 645 packages "Relenza", should do the same within 2-3 weeks. This was reported in the Zhytomyr regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
