Seoul to provide US$50,000 worth of flu masks to Ukraine

By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will provide some US$50,000 worth of flu
masks to Ukraine, which has seen a large number of influenza-related deaths
believed to be linked with the H1N1 virus, the government here said Monday.
The provision of flu masks comes as Kiev has recently asked the World Health
Organization (WHO) and other international agencies for emergency aid to relieve
the spread of what is believed to be the H1N1 virus, the foreign ministry said.
As of Nov. 2, the Eastern Europe country has seen some 250,000 flu patients and
some 70 flu-related deaths, according to the foreign ministry. The WHO has said
it assumes most cases of influenza in Ukraine are caused by the H1N1 strain.
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