15:56 Flu Epidemic in Belarus

Maladzechna and Homel have become the first cities to take anti-epidemic measures. Five schools are already closed: two – in Maladzechna and Homel Region and one – in Cherven District of Minsk Region.

The republican centre for hygiene, epidemiology and health care notes that today it will be possible to predict the future scale of the epidemic.

Doctors are going to count the number of patients who needed medical care on Monday.