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Ukrainian citizens have mainly negative feelings about measures being taken by the government to fight the flu epidemic, according to a survey carried out by the Institute of Social and Political Psychology of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine on November 24-30, 2009.

The results of the survey were presented at a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Monday.

According to the poll, 49.8% of respondents made a negative assessment of the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers, 44.8% the Health Ministry, 57.4% the president and his secretariat, and 50.4% the Verkhovna Rada.

Some 37.4% of those polled made a positive assessment of the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers, 28.1% the Health Ministry, 18.8% the president and his secretariat, and 18.6% the Verkhovna Rada.

A total of 2,005 respondents participated in the survey, with the poll’s margin of error being 2.2%.