Seventy-one people die of flu, acute respiratory infections, says Ukrainian premier

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Seventy-one people have died of flu and acute respiratory infections in Ukraine since the start of the epidemic, according to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

She presented a government report on the current situation with the spread of the flu epidemic in Ukraine at a parliament meeting on Tuesday.

Tymoshenko said that 19,198 people had caught flu, and over 236,000 had acute respiratory infections as of November 2.

Eight of the nine regions (apart from Volyn region), in which quarantine was imposed, are seeing signs of stabilization or a reduction in the disease rate, Tymoshenko said.

She also said that death toll from flu and acute respiratory infections in Lviv region had risen to 37 as of early on Tuesday, compared to 30 fatalities registered on Monday. The Health Ministry has yet to publish a report on the epidemiological situation as of early on Tuesday.

03.11.2009