Europe Swine Flu Deaths Doubling Every Two Weeks
By guestwriter at 25 November, 2009, 1:25 am
By Jason Gale
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) — Swine flu deaths have doubled almost every two weeks since mid October in Europe, with 169 occurring in the past week, the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Across the region, 670 people infected with the new H1N1 influenza strain have died, the Stockholm-based ECDC said today in a report on its Web site. Cases are being reported in all European Union and European Free Trade Association countries.
“While the most deaths have to date been in Western Europe, there are increasing numbers of deaths being reported from Central and Eastern Europe,” the ECDC said in its daily report.
Ukraine Update: 24/11/2009
A total of 388 people have died in Ukraine of flu and acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) as of Monday evening, the ex-Soviet state’s Health Ministry said.
The ministry said eight people died over the past 24 hours.
The flu epidemic started in Ukraine in late October, with about 1,636,000 people contracting the disease since the outbreak start.
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