Topic: Ukraine
President Victor Yushchenko of Ukraine has asked forinternational help to stop the swine flu outbreak that appeared two weeks agoand has now become an epidemic. Nine regions in the Ukraine are now under quarantine.The Ukrainian people have been advised to stay away ...
The World Health Organisation on Thursday called on doctors to use antiviral drugs swiftly on the most vulnerable swine flu patients, to prevent severe cases and avoid swamping hospitals.WHO clinical expert Niki Shindo said the agency would issue new guidelines targeting three ...
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Some countries have been " ambushed" by sudden severe outbreaks of disease and death from the H1N1 flu pandemic, and have gone over the top in their response, a European flu specialist said on Friday.Angus Nicoll, influenza coordinator at ...
The European Union says it is coordinating closely with health experts in Ukraine to help it cope with a suspected swine flu outbreak.EU spokeswoman Nina Papadoulaki says the EU is " following very closely" the spread of the flu virus in Ukraine, ...
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 ...
Russia, Slovakia tighten borders with Ukraine as WHO investigates swine flu outbreakRussia and Slovakia have tightened their borders with Ukraine as the World Health Organization investigates a suspected swine flu outbreak in the country.Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko says the flu death toll ...
Ukraine made an urgent appeal to world powers for help battling swine flu on Sunday, after 60 people died from respiratory problems in a week.President Viktor Yushchenko wrote to the United States, the European Union, NATO and Ukraine's neighbours to ask for ...
The number of global swine flu deaths spiked by 700 in a week, the World Health Organisation said Friday, as Ukraine closed schools and cinemas in the toughest measures taken in Europe over the virus.More than 5,700 people have now died from ...
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday ordered a three-week closure of Ukraine's schools and cinemas in the toughest measures adopted yet to combat the swine flu virus in Europe. "From today, all the school establishments in Ukraine -- be they private or ...
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