81 People now dead
over 478,000 infected
“Over 478,000 people have fallen ill, 81 died,” Bilovol said.
He said 14 confirmed swine flu cases have been registered in the country and three of them have been fatal.
About 12 million people, or a quarter of Ukraine’s population, are expected to contract influenza-like diseases during the current outbreak.
“Up to 1% of them will be hospitalized, about 18,000 will be taken to intensive care,” he said, without providing any forecast of fatalities.
President Viktor Yuschenko has requested help from other countries over the outbreak. The government has imposed quarantines in nine western provinces to curb the spread of swine flu, which originated in the Tirnopol Region.
