WHO experts have arrived in Ukraine to assess actions for organizing anti-epidemic measures and providing practical assistance. This was reported to "proUA" by the press service of the Ministry of Health. \n \nAs of 8:00 on December 12, according to reports from the veterinary medicine administration of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, cases of disease and death of domestic birds have been registered in the households of citizens residing in Nyzhnohirskyi district (in the villages of Izobilne, Yemelianivka, Akymivka, Zorkino, Kirsanivka, Luzhky, Zelene); Dzhankoi district (village Zaviet-Leninske, village Pushkino); Sovetskyi district (Nekrasivka, Chornozemne, Krasnoflotske, Sovetske, Dmytrivka, Khlibne, Zavitne); Krasnoperekopsk district (Voinka); the city of Feodosia, village Solnechne, Prymorske; the city of Simferopol. Domestic birds have been completely destroyed in 5 settlements (Nekrasivka, Zaviet-Leninske, Pushkino, Izobilne and Yemelianivka). \n \nOver the past 24 hours, the destruction of poultry stock was carried out in the villages of Akymivka, Dmytrivka, Krasnoflotske, Sovetske. \n \nAs of 8:00 on 12.12.05, according to data from the veterinary medicine administration in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, bird deaths (3 chickens) have been registered in one yard in the village of Dvurichchia, Nyzhnohirskyi district. Material has been collected and sent for research to the republican veterinary medicine laboratory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The number of population and households is being clarified. \n \nPreventive measures are being carried out to prevent the emergence of infection outbreaks among the population. \n \nThe incidence of acute respiratory viral infections among the population in these regions is at the seasonal level. \n \nThe situation is under the constant control of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.