The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed yesterday that it was sending a team of experts to help the government of Ukraine, where it said more than 2, 300 people have been hospitalized for what is suspected to be pandemic H1N1 influenza and 38 have died. Today a Ukrainian health official put the death toll from flu and acute respiratory illnesses at 67, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) report. Deputy Health Minister Vasyl Lazorysynets said the country has had 255, 000 cases of flu and respiratory illness, with 15, 000 people hospitalized, AFP reported. Read the story here.
