As of November 11-17, 2013, the incidence of influenza and ARVI did not exceed epidemic thresholds in any region of Ukraine, according to the Center for Influenza and Acute Respiratory Viral Infection (ARVI) of the state institution "Ukrainian Center for Disease Control and Monitoring of the Health Ministry of Ukraine", the press service of the Health Ministry of Ukraine reports.
Acording to the statement, 162 thousand 12 people got sick with flu and ARVI during the reporting week, including 111 thousand 625 (68.9%) children under the age of 17 years old. The total morbidity rate among the population of Ukraine amounted to 35.6 per 10 thousand persons.
The highest morbidity rate of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections was registered in the Kyiv region - 67.7 per 10 thousand people and the lowest - in the Kharkiv region - 13.9 per 10 thousand people.
"In general, the epidemic situation on incidence of influenza and ARVI in Ukraine corresponds to the average annual level for this season," the Health Ministry noted.
