China gave Ukraine five bottles of H5N2 and H5N1 vaccines Thursday, according to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture Friday, Xinhua reported.

Sergei Alekseevich Kamyshev, Ukrainian Ambassador to China, accepted the vaccines and expressed admiration for the quick response and kind cooperation from the Ministry.

He spoke highly of China's achievements in bird flu prevention and control and the country's contribution to the world fight against bird flu.

Kamyshev said Ukraine would exchange with China the process and results of bird flu vaccine experiments in due time, and voiced hopes to strengthen cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture in bird flu prevention and control.

The United Nations' top official for bird flu warned Wednesday that Ukraine is at high risk of further outbreaks of the disease and said it must be ready to cope with human infections.

Ukraine confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Dec. 3, 2005. No human cases of the disease have been reported in Ukraine

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