50 Russians killed by Flu epidemic ---Health official
No fewer than 50 Russians have died of flu since the outbreak
of the epidemic, a senior official of the Research Institution of Influenza
said on Tuesday.
"A total of 50 Russian nationals died of flu, including
24 people this week," said Anna Sominina who heads the laboratory of
biotechnology at the St. Petersburg-based institute, reports Tass.
She also said the high mortality rate in some Russian
regions was linked with the mutation of swine flu, known as influenza virus
A/H1N1.
According to the Research Institute of Influenza, the weekly
epidemic threshold exceeds 48.8 percent across the country. Swine flu has been
found in 96 percent of cases.
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