The Ministry of Health stated a alarming trend in influenza and coronavirus. Minister Viktor Lyashko reported that since the beginning of the epidemic season, which began at the end of 2024, almost 2.5 million people have become acute respiratory viral infections and influenza, Ukrinform reports.
"During this period, almost 2.5 million people in influenza, SARS, including Covid-19. If you look at dynamics, compared to the previous epidesese (2023-2024), this is 15% less than it was.
According to him, nearly 6,000 people are currently in SARS in hospitals, about 10% of them in intensive care departments.
"That is why the key task for us is to monitor both the epidemic and the load of beds in hospitals to have time to provide medical assistance to anyone who needs it," the minister added.
