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At least 31 people died from complications related to the seasonal flu in the last 24 hours

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02:2801/01/2010

The death toll from the flu outbreak in Ukraine has risen to 727, the country's Health Ministry reported on Friday.

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Ukraine's flu epidemic began at the end of October and over 1.4 million have fallen ill. At least 78,000 people have been hospitalized and over 300 patients are still kept in intensive care. All educational establishments in the capital Kiev were closed, and people were obliged to wear medical masks in all catering establishments, shops and social services facilities across the former Soviet republic.

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Death toll from flu outbreak in Ukraine rises to over 700

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Ukraine's swine flu crisis

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