The veterinary service of Volyn is 100% ready for the penetration of a bird flu epidemic. This was stated to us by the head of the veterinary medicine department, Bohdan Lozynskyi. In Volyn, a reserve of disinfectants and funds has already been created that could be used to purchase anti-epizootic preparations. In addition, an interdepartmental coordination group is operating in the region to prevent the bird flu virus from entering Volyn. At the same time, Lozynskyi called the bird flu problem hypertrophied and one that likely helps increase the incomes of companies that produce flu vaccines, "including for ordinary, human flu." "Bird flu simply exacerbated purely Ukrainian problems: the activity of informal markets, the lack of regulation in legislation in the veterinary and sanitary-epidemiological system, as well as the transparency of Ukrainian borders," Lozynskyi believes. \n