Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - The H1N1 swine flu virus has forced the nation of the Ukraine to shut down all schools.

The Ukraine announced on Monday that they have closed every single one of their schools.

This is an extremely aggressive step to stop the spread of the disease, that is threatening to spread to a pandemic.

The Health Ministry of the Ukraine confirmed that 70 people have died of the swine flu to date thus far.

This is minimal compared to the number of people who die from the regular flu each year.

Schools were closed for an entire week in the country, even though there are areas where there have been no cases of confirmed swine flu.

This has many people scratching their heads as there has been no evidence of a major outbreak of the swine flu in the country.

The World Health Organization has been sent in to help the Ukraine deal with the disease properly.