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Tymoshenko: Don't panic during flu epidemic
November 01, 2009 at 14:38 | Ukrainian NewsTymoshenko said this during the conference call meeting on Saturday.
"I am applying to leaders of all levels not to allow any panic," Tymoshenko said.
She said some mass media and officials with powers have started to release incorrect information about spread of some exotic diseases, including the pneumonic plague.
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has called on the heads of the central and local authorities to provide people with trustful information about the nature of A(H1N1) flu.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, First Vice Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov called on the population not to panic during the A(H1N1) flu epidemic.
The Health Ministry on October 30 declared the A(H1N1) flu epidemic throughout Ukraine.
The Cabinet of Ministers has introduced quarantine in nine regions, banned organization of mass events, and closed schools for three weeks because of the epidemic influenza.