TERNOPIL, Ukraine -- Seven people in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil have died from an unknown flu virus, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.
Bohdan Oniskiv, the chief of the health department in Ternopil Oblast, told journalists on October 27 that none of the flu victims had other health problems.
About 6,000 people were referred to medical centers and clinics with flu symptoms last week.