Agence France Presse: WHO 'assumes' Ukraine gripped by swine flu
People in Kyiv are wearing face masks to protect themselves from contracting flu. Ukraine was hit with a flu epidemic on Oct. 30. More than 70 have died from the virus, some of them from the H1N1 variety. known as "swine flu." Another 255,000 people have

Agence France Presse: WHO 'assumes' Ukraine gripped by swine flu

Nov 4, 2009 at 09:32
The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that it was valid to assume that most of the cases of influenza reportedly sweeping through Ukraine were caused by the pandemic A(H1N1) virus. Ukrainian authorities on Sunday launched an urgent appeal for help from world powers after it imposed drastic measures to tackle a sudden surge of flu-like illness in the country. Read the story here.

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