Yushchenko declared influenza epidemic threat to national security. Hospitals Ukraine will hand out free 300 thousand doses of Tamiflu

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko called the country began in influenza epidemic threat to national security and asked the world community to help combat the disease, reports "Interfax quoted the press service of Yushchenko. Letters asking for help were sent to the presidents of many European countries, Russia and the United States and NATO Secretary General and President of the European Commission.

Yushchenko admitted that Ukraine was not able to cope with the flu on their own and in need of "urgent assistance". Earlier on Sunday, humanitarian aid Ukraine has already promised to give Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine stated that 300 thousand doses of the drug Tamiflu, which will arrive tonight in Kiev from Switzerland, will be distributed free of charge in hospitals in the country, to an UNIAN. "Emergency purchase and shipment of drugs provided to Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Foreign Minister Peter Poroshenko. They personally meet the shipment at the airport" Borispol "and will send it to regions of Ukraine", - said in a statement on the management of relations with Media Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers. The document stresses that "all citizens of Ukraine, who went to a hospital, if necessary, receive the drug immediately and for free."

1 November 2009 | country, hospital, please, president, safety, threat, ukraine, viktor yushchenko

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