Epidemic season 2024/2025: about 111 thousand Ukrainians fell ill with ARVI, influenza and COVID-19 in a week
Between 28 October and 3 November, 110,944 people fell ill with influenza, ARVI and COVID-19 in Ukraine, including 64,997 children.
A total of 2,560 patients were hospitalised with complications, including 1,504 children. Only in Ternopil region has the low-level epidemic threshold been exceeded, the Ministry of Health reported.
This week, COVID-19 was confirmed in 997 people, of whom 234 needed hospitalisation due to complications, including 26 children. Most cases of COVID-19 were detected in Cherkasy and Poltava regions.
Since the beginning of the epidemic season, from 30 September to 3 November 2024, 587,751 people have fallen ill with influenza, SARS and COVID-19. Of these, COVID-19 was confirmed in 10,261 cases, which also led to 37 deaths from complications.
The Ministry of Health reminds that vaccination is the most effective prevention against influenza and COVID-19, especially for people at risk. Vaccines against these diseases can be received simultaneously or at intervals. Vaccinations against COVID-19 remain free for everyone, and Pfizer’s Comirnaty omicron-specific vaccines for adults and children are used. You can get vaccinated at your family doctor. Influenza vaccination is recommended but not free of charge. It is especially recommended for people at risk, including healthcare workers, educators, law enforcement officers, patients with chronic diseases, children under 5 years of age and people over 60 years of age. As of 3 November, 64,242 people had been vaccinated against influenza.
The agency noted that in the face of rising incidence of SARS and other respiratory infections, preventive measures are in place, such as wearing masks, keeping distance and introducing local quarantine in certain cities or districts. Measures can also be taken at the level of individual organisations, educational institutions or businesses in the event of an outbreak of infectious diseases.
