Almost 1 million Ukrainians have been afflicted by the A/H1N1 virus, according to Ukraine's Health Ministry and World Health Organization. Registered cases of flu-like sickness and acute respiratory illnesses (ARI) since October are nearing 1 million, according to the country’s Heath Ministry, which on Nov. 7 reported 936, 804 cases and 144 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic in October.

That’s 65, 767 more ARI cases and nine more deaths than the Health Ministry reported on Nov. 6. The Heath Ministry recorded increases of 237, 160 and 40, respectively, a day earlier on Nov. 5.

The number of flu-related and ARI cases registered daily since mid-October presently exceeds the epidemic threshold in 16 of 27 of the country’s oblasts, according to the latest statistics.

An international team of World Health Organization (WHO) experts is continuing its work in Ukraine, investigating an outbreak of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza.

Making sure the right information gets to the wider public – particularly information on the simple measures that everyone can take to reduce risks – is just one of the tasks of the WHO, which is helping devise an information outreach strategy using trained medical staff to explain what people can do to stop H1N1 pandemic (H1N1) 2009.

The most recent WHO/Europe influenza briefs on Ukraine and their surveillance bulletin for Europe is available here.