In the fifth week of 2005 (as of February 7), according to data from the Ukrainian Influenza Center, the incidence rate in 10 control cities compared to the previous week increased by 28.8% (in the 4th week – from January 24 to 30 – the number of cases was 46,856). This was reported to "proUA" by the press service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.\n\nHowever, in some cities the rate of increase in incidence among the population was higher: in Chernihiv – by 38.3%; Donetsk – by 37.7%; Dnipropetrovsk – by 29.5%; Kyiv – by 36%.\n\nAccording to the press service, the epidemic threshold was not exceeded in any of the control cities, however in Vinnytsia, Lviv and Chernihiv the incidence indicators were the closest to this threshold.\n\nAmong school-age children, the largest increase in incidence was observed among children aged 7-14 – by 47.8%. However, in Kyiv the increase in incidence in this group of children was 59.3%, in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk – 55.3%, Chernihiv – 50.6%, Simferopol – 47.4%, Kharkiv and Odesa – 37%, Zaporizhzhia – 34.3%.