LITHUANIA WILL ORGANIZE SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE, WHICH IS STRUCK BY PANDEMIC INFLUENZA
On 2 November, Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Evaldas Ignatavičius received Ukraine’s Ambassador Ihor Prokopchuk, who informed the Vice-Minister about the situation in Ukraine, which has arisen due to a pandemic influenza outbreak.
According to the Ambassador, an unusually rapid spread of acute respiratory illness has been recently registered in Ukraine. On 30 October, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine received several confirmations of pandemic (H1N1) virus infection cases in patients. On 2 November, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine held a meeting, during which it made a decision to place nine out of twenty Ukraine’s regions in quarantine, to close down all comprehensive schools and institutions of higher education for three weeks, and to cancel all the planned mass events.
Poland and Slovakia have already provided assistance to Ukraine, while Hungary and Romania have informed Ukraine about their plans to support it.
Vice-Minister E.Ignatavičius announced that Lithuania had already taken steps to provide the necessary humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. The issue will be discussed during the meeting of the Government on 4 November, and the Ministry of Health will coordinate the decisions regarding the provision of support by Lithuania to the regions of Ukraine that are hit by the influenza. Non-governmental organizations will also be included into organizing support.
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