page_title: 2009 swine flu pandemic in Ukraine
section_title: First cases
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 swine flu pandemic in Ukraine / Timeline / First cases
caption_attribution_description: English: An ambulance in Kiev, Ukraine
context_page_description: The 2009 flu pandemic is a global outbreak of a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1, first identified in April 2009, termed Pandemic H1N1/09 virus by the World Health Organization and colloquially called swine flu. The outbreak was first observed in Mexico, and quickly spread globally. On the 11th June 2009, the WHO declared the outbreak to be a pandemic. The overwhelming majority of patients experience mild symptoms", but some persons are at higher risk of suffering more serious effects; such as those with asthma, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, or those who are pregnant or have a weakened immune system. In the rare severe cases, around 3–5 days after symptoms manifest, the sufferer's condition declines quickly, often to the point respiratory failure. Although Ukraine was not affected at first there was on outbreak of the virus in Western Ukraine early November 2009 which led to the closing of public buildings and meetings for three weeks.
  As of December 2009 more than two million people had fallen ill since Ukraine's flu epidemic began and about 500 people of those died of flu and flu-like illnesses and its complications of the 46 million people living in Ukraine.
context_section_description: The virus reached Ukraine on 5 June 2009 when the first case of the virus was officially confirmed in Ukraine. The patient concerned, a 24-year-old Ukrainian citizen, had arrived from New York City via Paris at Kiev's Boryspil Airport on May 29, 2009. Before that imports of pork and live pigs from all affected countries had been banned. The ban applied to all shipments after April 21, 2009.
  A second swine flu case (in Ukraine) was confirmed on September 29, 2009.
caption: An ambulance in Kiev
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