An Official Release From Ukraine Health Minister Regarding WHO testing of Epidemic - Adding a Very Interesting News Article -Ukraine12/16/09 8:38am

Ukraine's Health Minister Released an official report on WHO testing of those sick in Ukraine. The translation is what might have convoluted the "dead" number from H1N1 - it seems to say one thing, then another number. So I am not sure if it is ONLY One of the dead that tested positive for H1N1 or 202. Also notice of the 2494 samples taken ONLY 466 had H1N1!!! What did the REST have? That information was not released in this statement!

Official Press Release:

In Ukraine since the beginning of the epidemic rise in the incidence of influenza and ARI registered 2 546 622 cases of influenza and acute respiratory infections.

За розрахунковими даними завершено курс лікування у 2 056 163 (81%) хворих. According to the settlement completed treatment in 2 056 163 (81%) patients. Продовжує хворіти 490 459 осіб. Continues to sicken 490 459 persons. За весь період госпіталізовано - 151 660 хворих. For the entire period of hospital - 151 660 patients. Виписано із стаціонарів 119 740 хворих. Discharged from hospitals 119 740 patients. На стаціонарному лікуванні перебуває 30 920 хворих. At the hospital is 30 920 patients. Померло від ускладнень - 501 особа. Died of complications - 501 person.

Методами, рекомендованими ВООЗ відібрано зразки для аналізу у 2494 осіб, у тому числі від померлих - 395. Methods recommended by WHO selected samples for analysis in 2494 people, including the dead - 395. Закінчено аналіз зразків від 962 осіб, з них від померлих 304. Completed analysis of samples from 962 people, including 304 from the dead. Лабораторно підтверджено 466 випадків пандемічного грипу А H1N1 Каліфорнія, з них у померлих - 202. 466 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza A H1N1 California, one of the dead - 202.

На минулому 50 тижні епідемічних спостережень та з початком поточного 51 тенденція до зростання числа захворювань намітилася практично на всій території України за винятком областей західного регіону: Закарпатської, Львівської, Івано-Франківської, Чернівецької, Тернопільської та Хмельницької. In the past 50 weeks epidemiological observations and the beginning of the current trend of 51 to increase the number of cases observed virtually throughout the territory of Ukraine except western oblasts Region: Transcarpathia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Ternopil and Khmelnytsky.

Епідемічні пороги перевищені у АР Крим, Вінницькій, Волинській, Запорізькій, Дніпропетровській, Донецькій, Кіровоградській, Луганській, Миколаївській, Полтавській, Сумській, Черкаській областях та м. Севастополі. Exceeded the epidemic threshold in the Crimea, Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy regions and Sevastopol. Найбільша добова кількість захворілих зареєстрована у Дніпропетровській (12745 осіб) та Донецькій (7465) областях. The largest daily number of cases registered in Dnipropetrovsk (12745 people) and Donetsk (7465) areas.

Зростання показників захворюваності у всіх регіонах відбувається в основному за рахунок зростання кількості хворих з числа дитячих контингентів шкільного віку. Growth rates of all regions is mainly due to increase in the number of patients among school-age children's contingents.

Серед областей, які не досягли епідемічного порогу: у Київській епідемічний поріг перевищено на 5 з 27 адміністративних одиниць, Житомирській - 9 з 25, Закарпатській - 5 з 15, Львівській - 7 з 27, Рівненській - 6 з 18, Одеській - 1 з 31, Херсонській - 4 з 20, Харківській - 8 з 30. Among the areas that have not reached the epidemic threshold: in Kyiv epidemic threshold for 5 to 27 administrative units, Zhytomyr - 9 of 25, Transcarpathian - 5 / 15, Lviv - 7 to 27, Rivne - 6 of 18, Odessa - 1 of 31 , Kherson - 4 of 20, Kharkov - 8 of 30.

На території Івано-Франківської, Тернопільської, Хмельницької та Чернівецької областей перевищення епідемічних порогів не фіксується у жодній адміністративній одиниці. In the Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky and Chernivtsi regions exceeded the epidemic threshold is not fixed in any administrative unit.

З десяти контрольних по захворюваності на грип та ГРВІ міст України, у яких проводяться багаторічні моніторингові спостереження (Вінниця, Дніпропетровськ, Донецьк, Запоріжжя, Київ, Львів, Одеса, Сімферополь, Харків, Чернігів), епідемічний поріг перевищено у п'яти з них - Вінниці, Дніпропетровську, Донецьку, Запоріжжі та Сімферополі. In ten control on the incidence of influenza and ARI cities of Ukraine, which are long-term monitoring observation (Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa, Simferopol, Kharkov, Chernigov), epidemic threshold in five of them -- Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Simferopol.

Прес-служба МОЗ України за інформацією Державної санітарно-епідеміологічної служби України Press Service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on information of the State Sanitary-Epidemiological Service of Ukraine

UPDATED 12/16/09 8:54AM

I want to add an interesting News Tidbit about Ukraine, the reason is: I question - Who was this shipment for? The military there - or a revolution fraction, or a Russian fraction? The information regarding this shipment bears watching, does one thing have to do with another?

News found:

Plane with arms bound for Ukraine was detained in Thailand

A cargo plane full of North Korean weapons, detained in Thailand after an emergency landing at Bangkok airport, was bound for Ukraine, the Thai news agency TNA reported on Sunday.

Thai authorities on Saturday seized about 40 tons of weapons from an Il-76 cargo plane which they said had come from North Korea after it landed for refueling at Bangkok's Don Muang airport, and arrested its five crew members.

Ukraine said later on Sunday that it is checking the reports on the plane. "The information on this score is being verified," a Foreign Ministry official said.

The aircraft's weapons arsenal included missiles and rocket-propelled grenades.

According to TNA, the plane's crew commander, a Belarusian national, said during a six-hour interrogation that the plane had flown from Ukraine and loaded weapons in North Korea.

The plane's commander said the aircraft refueled in Azerbaijan, then in the United Arab Emirates and after that in Thailand while en route to Pyongyang. On its way back, the plane was intended to refuel in Thailand and Sri Lanka, following which the cargo was expected to be delivered to Ukraine, TNA reported.

The plane's commander claimed that neither he, nor the other crewmembers who are Kazakh nationals knew about the military nature of the cargo.

Thai authorities accuse the crew of the plane, which is registered in Georgia, of illegal storage and transportation of weapons and misinformation, TNA reported. A United Nations resolution bans the transportation of certain weapons, including conventional arms, from or to North Korea.

The communist state is in the center of a long-running international dispute on its nuclear program.

The seizure came days after the U.S. presidential envoy's rare visit to North Korea designed to persuade Pyongyang to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. Both parties said after the trip they understood the need to resume the talks.

TNA said Thai authorities were preparing a report for the UN on the arrest of the plane with.

B.C. hospitals over capacity with Swine Flu patients

B.C. hospitals over capacity with Swine Flu patients

Article:

VANCOUVER, B.C. – B.C.’s major hospitals are overflowing with Swine Flu patients and a number are operating at or over capacity, Vancouverite has learnt.

42 patients in B.C. are on ventilators and intensive care units are under severe pressure at a number of key hospitals.

Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, Richmond Hospital, Kelowna General Hospital and Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops are operating at capacity, health ministry spokeswoman Michelle Stewart confirmed Sunday morning.

“Generally speaking our Emergency Departments and Intensive Care Units continue to be under significant pressure,” she said.

“Across the province we currently have 42 patients in our Intensive Care Units (ICUS) on ventilators (confirmed and suspected H1N1),” she said in reply to a question submitted to the ministry of health.

“ICUs at major sites in the lower mainland remain busy,” she said.

“Pressure points at Royal Columbian Hospital and Richmond Hospital, both of which are operating overcapacity,” said Steward.

“Interior Health indicates overall improvement in ICU capacity, however Kelowna General Hospital and Royal Inland are at capacity,” she said.

“Emergency Departments remain busy across the province; Northern Health (Prince George) experiencing a significant increase in ED volumes since Nov. 10th. A surge area has been opened to address additional volume,” added Stewart.

Five elective surgeries have been postponed in the Fraser Health Authority and Northern Health Authority areas. Fraser Health Authority serves the largest population base in B.C. with approximately 1.5 million residents.

Among sugeries postponed are two open heart surgeries in Fraser Health and a cataract surgery in Northern Health.

Across Canada, hundreds of people have been admitted to hospital suffering from severe Swine Flu complications. The government of Canada reported over 1,300 admissions between Nov. 1 and Nov. 7.

Hundreds more have been admitted since then.

Thank you Fran, for linking this!

Belarus Health Minister - Helplessness - More Than 1.5 Million Sick ONLY 2.6% With Swine Flu! 11/28/09 8:35am

Belarus Health Minister - Helplessness - More Than 1.5 Million Sick ONLY 2.6% With Swine Flu!

- What do we have the flu?

- Проводился целый ряд мероприятий, формирование запаса лекарственных средств, плановая вакцинация… – начал отвечать Роберт Часнойть, первый замминистра Минздрава. - Has a number of activities, the formation of the stock of medicines, routine vaccination ... - began to meet Robert Chasnoit, First Deputy Minister of Ministry of Health. – …Особенностью этого эпидемического подъема стало то, что он стал неожиданным. - ... A feature of this epidemic rise was the fact that he was unexpected. В целом заболело, наверное, более 1,5 миллиона. In general, sick, probably more than 1,5 million. Но это всеми заболеваниями. But all diseases. Острыми респираторными и так далее. Acute respiratory and so on. На первом месте стоят аденовирусные инфекции. In the first place are adenoviral infection. И ни в коей мере не грипп. And not in any way not the flu. Примерно 2,6% – грипп, имеются случаи и так называемого свиного гриппа – А/H1N1. Approximately 2.6% - the flu, there are cases and so-called swine flu virus - A/H1N1.

И тут возмутился председатель Совета Республики Борис Батура: And then indignantly Chairman Boris Batura:

- Каждая районная больница может вам сказать, какая у них ситуация. - Each district hospital can tell you what their situation. (…) В принципе, вы начали заниматься этим, когда начало возмущаться общество! (...) In principle, you have begun to do this when it began to resent society! Вы здесь прошляпили, и надо было бы это дело признать! You are here proshlyapili, and should have been the case to admit! Почему, по-вашему, грипп начался внезапно? Why do you think, influenza start suddenly? Это же не труба в ЖКХ, что прорвало и надо аварийную посылать. This is not a pipe in the housing sector, which had burst and the need to send an emergency. Весь мир говорит об этом свином гриппе! The whole world is talking about swine influenza! Плановое у вас хозяйство, и вы давно могли спокойно объявить тендер на эту вакцину. Planned you farm and you've been able to calmly announce a tender for the vaccine. И люди видели бы, что вы этим делом занимаетесь. And people would see what you are doing this business. (…) Что вы тут расписываетесь в своей беспомощности? (...) What are you sign the helpless?

Речь Бориса Батуры вызвала волну аплодисментов, а Роберт Часнойть сказал: «Оправданий, наверное, нет». These Boris Batura provoked a wave of applause, and Robert Chasnoit said: "excuses, probably not."

Чуть позже первый замглавы Минздрава уточнил для журналистов: A little later, the first deputy head of the Ministry of Health explained to journalists:

- Не столь принципиально, сколько заболевших свиным гриппом сейчас в Беларуси. - Not so fundamentally, how many sick swine flu in Belarus. Главное, что ситуация под контролем министерства. The main thing is that the situation is under control of the Ministry. А уровень смертности не превышает данных прошлого года. And the mortality rate does not exceed the data of last year.

Чиновник Минздрава рассказал, что статистику заболевших свиным гриппом озвучат в конце квартала. Health Ministry official said that the statistics of cases of swine influenza ozvuchat at the end of the quarter. А на ступеньках парламента добавил: «Радуйтесь, что у нас система здравоохранения есть такая, как в Беларуси. And on the steps of Parliament added: "Rejoice that we have a health system is such as in Belarus. И все приезжают и завидуют». And all come and envy.

Funniest thing about this article. The previous one the Belarus Health Minister said they had No Clue on how many are sick or have died with the bleeding lungs. Here he says the mortality rate does not exceed that of last year. Either he is strictly using the "Swine Flu" statistics and leaving out in those numbers the people who are sick and have died from the bleeding lungs and disintegration of lungs, or he is using those with the normal flu. But the Health Minister has already previously said, they do not have the numbers of dead from the bleeding lungs disease.

OFFICIAL URKAINE NUMBERS FOR 11/20/09 1:52PM

OFFICIAL URKAINE NUMBERS FOR 11/20/09

1,576,203 SICK

91,457 HOSPITALIZED

362 DEAD

63,284 RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL

LINK:

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=nl&sl=uk&tl=en&u=http://www.moz.gov.ua/ua/main/press/%3FdocID%3D14160&prev=hp&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhi_ywqgnprZdd1dnMZqSUWzFzXMGw

Article In Ukraine Paper, Says "Ukraine Hiding The Truth" Over 1000 Dead - Over 2 Million Infected 11/18/09 10:00am

Article In Ukraine Paper, Says "Ukraine Hiding The Truth" Over 1000 Dead - Over 2 Million Infected

Article:

Ukrainian authorities hide the true information about swine flu in the country. Number of registered flu and ARVI accidents grew up in 2.5 times – Tymoshenko said. But it is not the real situation. Real number of victims is much higher. Doctors say, that more than 1000 people has already died of flu in Ukraine. Some hours ago the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has informed, that the number of registered flu and ARVI cases in Ukraine in Nov. 8-10 has grown up again more than in 2.5 times. Experts suppose about more than 2 million flu diseased.

UPDATE 11/18/09 8:25PM - Link goes No Where Now - I did not copy the whole article here either! Wow - link scrubbed? hmm, officials must not have liked the info getting out!

UPDATE 11/18/09 8:30PM the Whole Site is down - has a URL not found. So, I would think right now, it is maybe they are just having troubles? I will be checking that paper many times over and over again, to see when/if it comes back online.

UPDATE 11/19/09 6:45AM Link is back up and working.

Latvia Sick Tripled Since Nov. 10th 11/16/09 5:35pm

Latvia Sick Tripled Since Nov. 10th

Article:

In Latvia to date подтверждены already 386 cases заболевания гриппом А/H1N1, said in an interview with TV channel LNT country's Health Minister Baiba Rozentale. Это означает, что за неделю количество заболевших выросло более чем в три раза : на 10 ноября было зарегистрировано 110 случаев гриппа. This oznachaet that the week number zabolevshyh grew more than three times: on 10 November was 110 cases гриппа Registered.

По словам министра, в Латвии еще не достигнут эпидемический порог. According to the Minister in Latvia has not yet achieved эпидемический threshold. Это произойдет, когда на 100 тыс. This proyzoydet when 100 thousand. жителей будет приходиться 100 случаев заболевания. residents will be accounted for 100 cases заболевания. Вместе с тем, подчеркнула Б.Розентале, пока нет поводов для паники. However, the themes stressed B. Rozentale, yet no povodov to panic. Заболевание гриппом А/H1N1 преимущественно протекает в легкой и средней тяжелой формах. Disease гриппом А/H1N1 preymuschestvenno protekaet in lehkoy average and heavy forms.

Министр подчеркнула, что ежегодно от обычного вируса гриппа умирают около 500 тыс. The Minister stressed that every year from the usual virus гриппа umyrayut about 500 thousand. человек , и нет никаких оснований считать, что смертность от нового вируса будет выше. people, and no никаких based regarded that the mortality rate from a new virus will be higher. Она отметила, что больницы готовы к нынешней эпидемии гриппа. She noted that the Hospital ready rolled нынешней эпидемии гриппа.