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04 Nov 2009 11:11 ]
Baku. Nijat Mustafayev-APA-ECONOMICS. Azerbaijan is providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine amid the pandemic A (H1N1) virus-caused influenza reportedly sweeping through the country.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has ordered his government to send 20 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine by Boeing-767 aircraft with delivery on November 6, Ukrainian ambassador to Azerbaijan Boris Klimchuk told reporters in Baku.
“This shipment includes medicines, masks and other essential medial supplies,” he added.
Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko called on the international community to help the country combat the swine flu epidemic after imposing drastic measures to tackle the sudden surge of illness in the country.
Romania, Poland, Georgia and several NATO member states have already dispatched humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
More than 250,000 cases have been reported, according to official Ukrainian figures cited by the WHO.
The World Health Organization sent a team to Kiev on Monday to assist local health officials with the epidemic. It recommended against restricting travel or closing borders, calling such measures ineffective in preventing the spread of the virus.