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He tells me a big part of the spike is that the flu shot isnt doing the job. In years past its about 80 effective. This year 52 effective. Covering half the flu antigens. I still recommend a flu shot. Lessens the symptoms and the swert of the illness. Reporter while treating the flu with tamiflu medication has been successful the doctor warns a shortage of that drug could cause added problems. If the number of cases keep spiking eventually well have a shortage. Reporter the staff here and at area hospitals are not taking any chances. They recently put up these signs. They have new visiting policies telling folks that if they are under 16 they are not allowed in and no more than two visitors per patient. Now we have posted more information on our nbc washington app when it comes to the cdcs most recent report when it comes to flu deaths. You can find that again by logging on to our app. In alexandria im david culver. Latest flu activity map from the cdc shows widespread activity across ....
Ukrainian president and the leaders of three of the top opposition parties agreed to halt the violence late last night, but street feeting is reporting between antigovernment protesters and police as barricades erected by demonstrators continue to burn in the heart of kiev. The truce came hours after the military promised an antiterrorist operation to restore order. At least 28 people have been killed in this weeks violence and today the Foreign Ministers from germany, france, and poland will travel to kiev to meet with both sides before an emergency meeting in brussels. Holly williams is in the ukrainian capital. She joins us by phone. Holly, it sounds like the situation there has deteriorated. Reporter thats correct. We are already seeing deadly clashes here in independence of kiev which has been occupied now for nearly three months. We have just witnessed ourselves dead bodies, protesters bodies. All of them appear to have s ....