Ukraine had ceased inoculating for swine flu in September following a spate of deaths of children, blamed on the shots.
Several thousand people die from flu-related illnesses each year in Ukraine. While the total number of flu-related and acute respiratory illnesses is on par with previous years, the number of cases registered daily has since mid-October 2009 exceeded the epidemic threshold, leading experts to sound an alarm. For the first nine months of 2009, 3,822 people died from flu and complications. But the spike in deaths in the last month has raised fears that the number of victims during this flu season could grow much higher. Only on October 30, did the Ukrainian government announce the first confirmed death by swine flu.
Monday, November 9, 2009
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