Новости Донбасса за 19.01.2016

Posted 19.01.2016

News of Donbas for 19.01.2016

- The epidemiological situation is Mariupol is difficult. It is caused by the flu, acute respiratory viral infection (ARVI) and related complications. According to doctors, 99% of those who died of the diseases were patients who came to hospital at the last stage of the disease and had already developed accompanied pathologies such as diabetes, alcoholism, and problems with lungs. At present, 529 patients are in city hospitals; among them 239 children, and 17 people in critical condition. 54 cases of pneumonia have been registered.

2.3 % of children are absent at kindergartens, 9 % at schools, The number of the people who are ill is lower than the epidemic threshold by 26%.

Representatives of the health care department ask people not to panic and to be conscious about their health.

- Electricity was disconnected for IDPs from the Donbas living in the hall of residence of the upgrading center for lawyers, as it was informed by Natalya Omelchenko, Chairperson of “Civil Position” public organization. 30 families with many children may become homeless.

- The works by Vasyl Hayvoronskiy, dissident writer whose books were prohibited by the Soviet power, are studied in Koctyantynivka. The members of the organizing committee are going to hold regular “Hayvoronskiy readings”, to create a museum and a park named after him.

- The 5th “School of Change Agents” was held in Mariupol on January 15-17. The theme of the workshop was human securityi Including security in the information space. The training was conducted by “Ukrainian Peacekeeping School”, and the trainers were transformation leaders from Poland, public leaders, and Ukrainian experts. The objective of the syllabus was developing public and political agents of transformations at the local level in the country. Experts, politicians, and authorities representatives predict a lot of transformations in the city. Nowever, the transformations depend on city residents.

- On Tuesday, January 19, the presentation of the programme of free IT training for IDPs was held in Kyiv. The training will be conducted by Go for IT company and sponsored by the UN and the government of Japan.

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