Washington Post: In Ukraine, H1N1 pandemic sets off panic and politicking
President Victor Yushchenko, right, listens to a pharmacy worker during his visit, Kiev, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Ukraine's flu death toll has climbed to 109 since last week's outbreak in the western city of Ternopil. The World Health Organization says most

Washington Post: In Ukraine, H1N1 pandemic sets off panic and politicking

Nov 21, 2009 at 11:11 | Wire reports
Philip P. Pan writes:As the pandemic H1N1 influenza surges with the onset of winter, the nations of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union appear particularly vulnerable to the deadly virus. Burdened with weak health-care systems, relatively inexperienced news media outlets and shaky governments that have little public trust, the region also seems ripe for panic and political strife over the flu. Read the story here.