In Ukraine, 162,000 people became ill with the flu in a week

So, in Ukraine during the last week, influenza, as well as acute respiratory infections, affected about 162 thousand citizens. Such data were received recently from the Ukrainian Center for Disease Monitoring of the Ukrainian Ministry of Health.

During the reporting week, influenza, as well as SARS, already affected about 162 thousand people in the country. Among the sick 69 percent are children under 17 years old. Totally, among the Ukrainian population, the incidence of influenza was 420 thousand - per 100 thousand of the population, and this corresponds to the situation that was in the previous season.

As reported URA-Inform, the capital has increased the number of patients with ARI.