Ukrainassa H1N1-paniikki: julkiset kokoontumiset kiellettiin

Radio Netherlands Worldwide reports 40 000 Ukrainians have contracted
the disease and at least 100 are in the hospital. Tests are currently
being conducted and all that is known is that it is not the pandemic
(H1N1) 2009 strain of influenza virus [but see comment below].

A large number of schools and childcare facilities are being shut
down, especially in the city of Lvov [Lviv in western Ukraine -
Mod.CP]. Also, government agencies are handing out surgical masks and
gloves to people in the western part of Ukraine.

However, Russia Today is reporting that it is A/H1N1 or Californian
Flu [i.e., the A/California/7/2009 strain from which the current
pandemic vaccines are derived - Mod.CP] and the total number of deaths
is closer to 40.

Prime Minister Timoshenko [of Ukraine] stated, "Express-tests cannot
provide a hundred percent verification of the virus; they give only 50
percent accuracy. That's why blood [samples from] those who died were
sent to special laboratories for further testing, and only this
morning it was confirmed that at least 11 deaths were caused by the
A/H1N1 [pandemic 2009] virus."

The Ukrainian government is calling for international aid to help
fight their epidemic and President Yushchenko believes the country
needs more than USD 6 million to battle the epidemic.

[Byline: Andrew Moran]

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The problem with this story is that the local and international (non-western) media do not know what the flu is actually. Only western media outlets are saying that its the swine flu, but even the health minister said that they don't know what it is.
I wrote a report on this yesterday, which was posted on Prison Planet, a long with other articles and only Russia Today has said its swine flu but, once again, no one else has. quote
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Preliminary tests have shown that eleven, out of thirty-three fatal victims, have died from swine flu.
“Unfortunately, we have to state that an an A/H1N1 flu epidemic has in fact started in Ukraine," said Kniazevych at a press conference. Ukraine’s Health Ministry is planning to impose quarantine in the whole country.
From News.pl yesterday. 33 people died from unknown flu virus but 11 were confirmed to have died of a strain of H1N1 (or A). What they're actually worrying about is that the virus is mutating fast and that it won't be the common strain of H1N1 they're dealing with but an unknown one. The border with Poland may be closed due to the fact that Ukrainians are racing over it to buy flu meds which are not available for them in Ukraine (regardless of the strain of flu). Now Poland is worrying that this rush will spread the virus to them faster. Panic brings disaster.
Vasyl Kniazevych is the Minister for Health Protection in Ukraine.
We'll see what another day brings...