Health Ministry: Flu epidemic may outbreak by end of week

The flu epidemic may outbreak in Ukraine by the end of the week because of the increasing cases of disease.

Deputy Health Minister Viktor Shafransky said this at a meeting of the interdepartmental headquarters of the state commission for anthropogenic and environmental security and emergency situations, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“We can forecast that by the end of this week we may cross the [epidemic] threshold,” Shafransky said.

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