Ukrainian Health Ministry official Oleksandr Belovol said today that the number of flu patients in the country is 450,000, though it has not been determined how many of those people are suffering from swine flu.
He added that additional flu medicine arrived in the country on October 28.
On November 1, Tamiflu was delivered to Kyiv from Switzerland and Ukrainian clinics began distributing the medicine for free.
A World Health Organization delegation came to Kyiv this week to discuss the situation in the country and possible measures to tackle the spread of the flu virus.
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