Signs and symptoms, which can vary from person to person, might include: 1  Runny or stuffy nose. 2  Sore throat. 3  Cough. Congestion.  Slight body aches or a mild 1  headache. Sneezing.  Low-grade 1  fever. Generally feeling unwell (malaise)
More than half of its 2 million people are Russian, and Russia still maintains a naval base there. In fact, the region was part of Russia until 1954, when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine as a present. When the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, Crimea became part of an independent Ukraine. Millions of Ukrainians work in Russia, and according to the EU-funded Migration Policy Centre, the Russia-Ukraine border is the second-largest migration corridor in the world.
Times Minute | What's Next in Crimea. 1  David Herszenhorn reports from Crimea, where an overwhelming majority of Crimeans voted on Sunday to secede from Ukraine and join Russia. 2  On Sunday, the referendum on the status of Crimea divided the population of the multicultural region.