More Than 1,000 Swine-Flu Cases Registered In Russia

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More Than 1,000 Swine-Flu Cases Registered In Russia

October 23, 2009
MOSCOW -- The number of the registered swine-flu patients in Russia is now over 1,000, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.

Russia's chief health inspector, Gennady Onishchenko, told journalists the disease has struck 56 regions of the Russian Federation.

He said more than half of the registered patients are children between the ages 7 and 14.

Meanwhile, the director of the Russian Influenza Research Institute, Oleg Kiselev, stated earlier this week that the actual number of swine-flu patients in Russia is much higher than the official figures.

Authorities in Russia's Baikal region in southern Siberia announced on October 23 a decision to suspend the current fall military draft due to the swine-flu outbreak.

 

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Russian authorities confirm rapid spread of swine flu

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MOSCOW, October 24 (RIA Novosti) - The official number of swine flu cases in Russia has grown by 130 cases in 24 hours to total 1,174, and shows the spread of the virus within the country, the top sanitary official said on Saturday.

"As of today [Saturday], we have registered 1,174 cases, with 594 infections acquired abroad. This means that the circulation of the virus in Russia has already begun," Gennady Onishchenko said.

No official deaths from swine flu have been registered so far in Russia.

Onishchenko said that Russia continued vaccination against seasonal flu, covering over 18 million people or 13% of the Russian population.

As of Friday, 414,000 laboratory confirmed cases of swine flu and nearly 5,000 deaths throughout the world were reported by the World Health Organization.