50 swine flu cases reported in Russia
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MOSCOW, Jan 26, (AFP): At least 50 people have died of swine flu in Russia since last month, according to AFP calculations based on data from regional health authorities, as the virus seems to gain ground in the country. Health authorities in the southern region of Rostov told RIA Novosti state news agency on Monday that an additional two people had succumbed to the virus, bringing the region’s swine flu death toll to eight. Officials in the nearby Volgograd region meanwhile have said that at least 11 people have died of swine flu. These latest cases follow the deaths of four adults and one child from the virus in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, and the deaths of two infected patients in Yekaterinburg.
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