Tue Nov 10, 10:54 AM ET

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (C) visits a hospital in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk on November 9. Ukraine's epidemic of flu and acute respiratory disorders has now affected more than a million people, the country's deputy health minister said. (AFP/Alexander Prokopenko)

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