By Kateryna Choursina and Halia Pavliva
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- At least 67 people have died in an epidemic of flu in Ukraine that has infected 255,000, the country’s first deputy health minister Vasyl Lazoryshynets said.
A total of 15,000 people are being treated at hospitals, Lazoryshynets said at a press conference in Kiev today. The country has sent suspected swine flu samples to the U.K. for testing, he said, declining to say when results are expected.
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This is all in less than two weeks. 255,000 people sick with the flu. 15,000 in hospitals.
Some parts of the country are in quarantine and schools are close for at least three weeks. A couple of days ago only 30 people were dead now it's 67 and this virus has not been confirmed to be H1N1 virus. Let just hope it has not mutated into something more deadly.
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