Health Ministry: death toll from flu, respiratory infections in Ukraine rises to 1,076

Feb 8, 2010 at 21:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
The number of those who have died of flu and flu-like illnesses in Ukraine has increased to 1,076 people as of February 8, the Ukrainian Health Ministry's press service reported on Monday.

According to the ministry, the epidemic threshold was not exceeded in any Ukrainian region.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic (October 29, 2009), over 4.922 million people have contracted flu and respiratory infections.

Since October 29, the largest number of deaths has been recorded in Donetsk (172) and Lviv (106) regions.

The ministry publishes no separate statistics on cases of A/H1N1 influenza or swine flu.

Web links to Kyiv Post material are allowed provided that they contain a URL hyperlink to the www.kyivpost.com material and a maximum 500-character extract of the story. Otherwise, all materials contained on this site are protected by copyright law and may not be reproduced without the prior written permission of Public Media at news@kyivpost.com

All information of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency placed on this web site is designed for internal use only. Its reproduction or distribution in any form is prohibited without a written permission of Interfax-Ukraine.

Design & Development by MEMO.UA