Ukraine appears “dead” flu
Posted on December 29, 2009
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Ukraine outbreak of “super flu” has caused at least 328 people were killed and the death toll is still increasing. “Super flu” outbreak has caused panic among the people in Ukraine, it is not only unable to buy vaccines and antiviral drugs are even sold out even the ordinary. At present Poland has emerged deaths, Belarus, the situation should be more serious cases, the mortality rate is much higher. Reported that Ukraine’s delay in a lot of briefing the disease.
Ukrainian Ministry of Health figures released today, Ukraine’s 27 administrative regions, has 16 large-scale infection, now only Luhansk a district did not report infections. Kiev has been the number of new infections increased to 104,154 people from 4964 people to hospital has increased the number of 78326 people, but mortality rates are still infected 16 people per day to 26 at the rate of increase.
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko has issued an emergency quarantine nine regional command, and ordered the deployment of a large number of mobile military hospital. He announced that Ukraine was at the same time, including a stream, including three kinds of influenza virus attacks, and suggested that the three kinds of viruses are being integrated into a new type of “super-flu” virus.
Viktor Yushchenko, said: “with other countries in the current outbreak of flu pandemic different from seasonal influenza and California, two kinds of influenza virus infections are caused by integration of Ukraine. Virologist who concluded that the integration of these viruses may mutate, thereby creating a more aggressive new virus. “Some observers suspect that this new” super-flu “may lead to viral haemorrhagic pneumonia, the disease can damage lung tissue, until the lung hemorrhage caused deaths. However, this doubt that the current has not been officially confirmed.
Scientists have not yet made public any information concerning the “super-flu” of gene sequences, the World Health Organization has also remained silent. Ukraine, all public activities were banned, schools, Feng Xiao, and the Czech Republic and Russia, the border was also closed.
At present, Ukraine’s most serious problem is the lack of vaccine. As the epidemic continues to develop, the Government of Ukraine did not maintain adequate vigilance against influenza outbreaks. Now, the vaccine is almost no place to buy stocks of antiviral drugs is also very limited, public information is very isolated. Almost impossible for ordinary Ukrainians who enjoy good medical service, internal medicine or can not afford, or have been sold out.
British scientists are now testing new types of viruses, hoping to find out the reason why they so deadly. The mainstream media also condemned Ukraine Ukraine’s fragile health care system is causing the main reason for such a high mortality rate. But they did not involve other factors, including those living at high altitudes such as a lack of vitamin D and sunlight.
Ukraine, Chernivtsi region head of the Forensic Department, National Medical University, Professor Bachinski Bukeweina an interview to talk about this new virus.
1, the new virus, how to treat
If people’s immune system strong enough to be able to overcome the virus. Patients should not be taking antibiotics, which reduce the body’s immune system, anti-virus capabilities. In Ukraine people casually taking antibiotics are also victims of the reasons for large crowds.
2, the patient did not die from pneumonia
People did not die from pneumonia, the virus highly toxic and can destroy a person’s lungs. If the immune system is weak, the virus cause lung bleeding lasted several hours. Fiber blood coagulation, but stuck to the alveoli, the patient while breathing oxygen, but oxygen is no longer transferred to the lung tissue. The patient is breathing, heart and lung cells, and then failure, cardiogenic shock, and then die
3, and the people what measures should be taken to
At present the primary protective measure is wearing a mask, which can be increased by 30% of the protection. If you bring goggles, wind mirrors and the like can be increased by 40%, the virus can pass through mucous membranes. Improve the human immunity is necessary, not only now, but long-term. In Ukraine, many people like to go to open-air market to buy things. If you eliminate the need for such a crowded place, the number of infections could be less.
4, has been sent to the Minister of Health will advise the hands of
We have data, the draft response, treatment, diagnostic methods, standards and sent to the hands of the Ministry of Health officials.
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