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The participant of a flash-mob, dressed as a pig, accosts a pedestrian in downtown Kiev, Ukraine on 06 November 2009. Mob participants protested against depression and panic caused by a swine flu epidemic in the country. Photo by EPA/BGNES
After allocating aid worth BGN 250 000, Bulgaria has decided to send five highly qualified medics to Ukraine as the country struggles to cope with the spreading swine flu epidemics.
They will visit the regions with Bulgarian population and bring medical aid and technical equipment.
The death toll from the flu outbreak in Ukraine has risen to 144 cases, the country's Health Ministry reported on Sunday.
According to the ministry, 15 regions in the former Soviet republic have already crossed the flu epidemic threshold, while 11 provinces were close to it.
The Ukrainian government imposed quarantine in nine western provinces in late October in an attempt to curb the spread of flu. All education establishments in Kiev were closed, and people were obliged to wear medical masks in all catering establishments, shops and social services facilities across the former Soviet republic.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko earlier requested help from other countries over the outbreak of flu.
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