A sudden flu outbreak has brought life in Ukraine to a halt. All public meetings are banned, schools are closed for three weeks, and nine regions are in quarantine.
Ukraine's deadly flu outbreak widened on Wednesday, as government officials announced new emergency measures in an attempt to control the spread of the illness.
Urging against panic, Ukraine closes all schools to stop swine Flu KIEV, Ukraine Ukraine's prime minister says "there is absolutely no need to panic," but the government is closing all schools nationwide for a week to avoid the spread of
The death toll from what has been described as a flu epidemic in Ukraine continued to climb on Monday, as medical assistance from other countries began arriving in the former Soviet republic.
In front of a fenced-in barrack where the monkies live during the summer, an unusual sculpture has been put up. A female human-like monkey (perhaps chimpanzee) is cradling a child. For some reason this sculpture is named "Monkey Madonna", imitating