Swine Flu

The government was also proposed to send at least UAH 500 million to the regions in 2009, while distributing additional funds allocated to the Health Ministry to take measures to prevent the spread of pandemic flu, as well as the epidemic of seasonal flu and acute respiratory infections.
The parliament also proposed that the government cancel a ban on holding mass events in regions in which quarantines were not imposed due to the flu epidemic.
An Interfax-Ukraine story on a Rada resolution passed on Wednesday concerning the swine flu. Much information on the swine flu outbreak in Ukraine, BBC Ukraine has an entire web page devoted to news on it (not sure how long its existed, could predate recent events) . With the flood of information and action by the government there also comes additional accusations that the "hysteria" over the swine flu is being politically manipulated, according to presidential candidate Sergiy Tigipko. This event has shifted attention away from the economy and presidential election for now. If its meant to be a distraction from problems weighing on the Government, its not doing a good job, as the Kyiv Post notes:
If the nation’s top officials had done a better job preparing for this year’s flu epidemic, Andriy Stakhiv might still be alive today. Instead, the 31-year old Lviv native – described as “young, healthy and strong” – died of flu-related complications, only two weeks after complaining of a temperature, aches and pains.
Friends and family wonder if medical negligence also contributed to his death. “He called a doctor, who came the next day, prescribed some pills and left,” his friend, Oleksandr Parshkov, said. Four days later, suffering from a fever and shortness of breath, Stakhiv was taken to a hospital emergency room in Lviv.

at Friday, November 06, 2009

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