1.12.2009

Mikalai Shaulau: We have faced completely inexplicable illness. WHO’s aid is needed urgently

16:16, — society

Health professionals affirm that because of flu epidemic Belarus should seek help from the world medical community.

27.11.2009

Ministry of Health: swine flu situation turned out to be unexpected 86

11:47, — society

About 1.5 million ARVI and flu cases have been detected in Belarus, first deputy health minister of Belarus Robert Chasnoits told to the “national assembly”.

26.11.2009

Flu pandemic swept through the country revealing putridity of healthcare system 83

12:32, — Politics

Belarusian medical officer Mikalai Shaulau wrote an open letter to people of Belarus.

25.11.2009

Ministry of Health doesn’t know how many Belarusians suffer from swine flu 43

13:56, — society

Despite of the epidemic, only children under 2 with acute respiratory viral infection and persons who have a grave form of flu are tested in laboratories for swine flu.

19.11.2009

Number of deaths from swine flu growing in Belarus 79

15:34, — society

The A(H1N1) pandemic virus has been detected in 13 Belarusians died from pneumonia. However, the authorities continue to state only 165 persons suffer from swine flu.

16.11.2009

Russian swine flu vaccine supplies to Belarus disrupted? 40

11:44, — society

The Belarusian Ministry of Health says it plans to issue a tender for purchasing A(H1N1) flu vaccine.

13.11.2009

No flu vaccine in Minsk 103

8:43, — Politics

Despite the flu epidemic, information about deaths from pneumonia and the increased number of swine flu cases, an immunization campaign in Minsk ended.

12.11.2009

Epidemic grows: 165 swine flu cases 56

14:00, — society

According to official data, the number of A(H1N1) pandemic have increased by 63 in Belarus over the last four days.

Teachers shocked: Half of schoolchildren absent from schools 74

9:57, — society

Minsk schools stay half empty after two-week quarantine.

11.11.2009

Quarantine in schools lifted, despite of protests of doctors 63

15:56, — society

Education Committee of Minsk City executive committee adopted a decision not to extend holidays till November 16.

Russian film director Maria Solovtsova died in Minsk from flu 32

10:38, — society

The woman was taken to a Minsk hospital with symptoms of acute respiratory virus infection and died some days later.

10.11.2009

Number of swine flu cases grows rapidly 9

12:36, — society

As of November 9, 128 cases of A(H1N1) virus infections confirmed by tests have been recorded in Belarus. The number of death cases over the day has grown by 26.

Lukashenka took his son Kolya with a sabre along for negotiations with Yushchenko (Photo) 93

11:06, — Politics

As Gazeta.ua writes, the heads of Ukraine and Belarus visited the Carpathian region on November 6. Alyaksandr Lukashenka brought humanitarian aid: masks and anti-virus medicines. He took his 5-year son Mikalai along.

Means of Public Safety (Photo) 89

9:31, — society

In response to the call of Alyaksandr Lukashenka to supply protective means against flu for the population, Belarusian light industry (BLI) started manufacturing of protective flu masks (PFM).

9.11.2009

Even seasonal flu vaccines absent in Minsk hospitals 9

16:42, — society

Despite of flu outbreak and death cases which have become more frequent, medical institutions of Minsk experience vaccines supply disruptions. Vaccination is not made in most hospitals.

Doctors started to die from pneumonia 37

13:54, — society

A worker of the scientific and practical centre of radiation medicine in Homel has died from pneumonia.

6.11.2009

BelTA: Lukashenka and Yushchenko delivered aid to flu patients in Ivano-Frankivsk 9

17:31, — Politics

Expendable materials and medicines necessary during the outbreak of the disease have been delivered.

Flu epidemic officially announced in Minsk 72

13:05, — society

In connection with exceeding the incidence of disease threshold in Minsk a flu and viral infection epidemic was officially announced in Minsk on November 6.

Lukashenka doesn’t notice swine flu in Belarus but sends humanitarian aid to Ukraine 89

9:05, — Politics

Viktor Yushchenko and Alyaksandr Lukashenka are to visit the Ukrainian one of the Ukrainian regions affected by swine flu epidemic.

5.11.2009

Lukashenka: “Both Belarus and Ukraine squeak like pigs today”

14:51, — Politics

The Belarusian ruler has commented on the swine flu outbreak with death cases in an outrageously cynical way.

Dictatorship is life-threatening 87

14:10, — Politics

Doctors have to conceal information about swine flu outbreak in Belarus on an order of Lukashenka’s administration, and his personal attitude to the fact that people are dying in Belarus cannot be called anything but boorish.

Swine flu cases in Belarus 4.5-fold higher than in Ukraine 62

11:02, — society

According to the Ministry of Health, 85 people suffer from swine flu in Belarus. Seven of them died. The Ministry of Health of Ukraine says 17 swine flu cases have been detected in the country, 6 people died.

4.11.2009

Medicine professor: “Rate of swine flu in Belarus concealed” 98

13:09, — society

The Health Ministry turned out to be unprepared for the outbreak of disease – medicines haven’t been bought, there is no vaccine, and doctors are made to write in case-records that pneumonia is a complication of a usual flu.

Authorities threaten to mass media writing about swine flu

11:32, — Politics

Officials of Information Ministry will keep a close watch on what is written about flu outbreak by registered media ouitlets and their websites.

Ales Byalyatski: “Minsk hospitals resemble military hospitals” 18

9:35, — society

The human right activist is in a pulmonology department of Minsk hospital #3 with a diagnosis “bilateral pneumonia”.

3.11.2009

Secret document: Belarusians die from pneumonia complicated by swine flu 151

15:08, — society

Medical workers report to the Health Care Ministry that, about ten people have died in Minsk from pneumonia, a A(H1N1) flu complication.

Radio Svaboda source: People who died had swine flu confirmed

11:11, — society

Health Care ministry denies commenting on the outbreak of pneumonia n Belarus, but hospital doctors started to reveal what is going on in reality.

93% of Belarusians don’t trust official information about epidemic 36

10:39, — society

The results of voting during yesterday’s Vybor (Choice) talk show on ONT TV channel were really shocking.

2.11.2009

Quarantine introduced in all Minsk schools

12:59, — society

According to an official version, schools of the capital of Belarus have been quarantined due to the increased number of URI cases.

29.10.2009

Belarusian bloggers: Ministry of Health hides fatal cases of swine flu 122

11:29, — society

More and more news about fatal cases of A(H1N1) virus in Minsk hospitals appears on the Belarusian Internet.