Flu epidemic hits Ukraine

November 02 at 09:04

People in Kyiv are wearing face masks to protect themselves from contracting flu on October 31, 2009. Ukraine was hit with a flu epidemic on Oct. 30. More than 60 have died from the virus, some of them from the H1N1 variety. known as "swine flu." Ukraine closed schools and banned public meetings including election rallies and restricted travel on Oct. 30 for a three-week period after confirming its first death from H1N1.