- 17:07 18/01/2010
PACE is to open hearings on Monday on pharmaceutical companies' possible influence on the global swine flu campaign and on the World Health Organization, a Russian daily reported.
- 10:04 06/01/2010
The death toll from the swine flu outbreak in India has exceeded 1,000 people, the Indian Health Ministry reported on Wednesday.
- 22:19 23/12/2009
The death toll from swine flu outbreak has risen by 1,000 over the last five days and reached 11,516, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
- 02:49 22/12/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle got vaccinated from the A/H1N1 virus.
- 21:16 18/12/2009
The number of swine flu deaths worldwide has exceeded 10,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday.
- 05:47 13/12/2009
A 27-year-old man died in a Georgian hospital after he was diagnosed with A/H1N1 virus, becoming the first citizen of the former Soviet state to die of swine flu
- 20:21 11/12/2009
Some 800 people died from the À/H1N1 virus in the first week of December, bringing the death toll to 9,596, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Friday.
- 21:33 30/11/2009
Despite media claims that the World Health Organization has blown the swine flu threat out of proportion, safety measures should still be taken, a Russian medical specialist said on Monday.
- 15:02 30/11/2009
Russian doctors fear that a new flu virus might appear as a result of reassortment between the swine flu and bird flu viruses, Russia's chief sanitary official said on Monday.
- 18:57 17/11/2009
More than 5,600 swine flu cases have been officially confirmed in Russia, the health minister said on Tuesday.
- 22:27 12/11/2009
The number of deaths in Ukraine from flu viruses has risen to 239, with 26 passing away over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Thursday.
- 22:56 11/11/2009
A flu epidemic has forced Ukraine's naval command to discharge contract sailors with the fall recruitment campaign suspended, a source in the ex-Soviet state's Navy said on Wednesday.
- 21:29 11/11/2009
The number of deaths in Ukraine from flu viruses has climbed to 213, the country's Health Ministry reported on Wednesday.
- 11:10 08/11/2009
The death toll from the flu outbreak in Ukraine has risen to 144 cases, the country's Health Ministry reported on Sunday.
- 03:02 07/11/2009
About 6,100 people have died from swine flu worldwide, with the total number of officially confirmed cases exceeding 482,000 in 199 countries.
- 14:20 06/11/2009
An outbreak of flu in Ukraine has claimed 109 lives, an emergencies ministry spokesman said on Friday
- 01:57 05/11/2009
The Belarusian Health Ministry said seven people have died from swine flu in the country.
- 12:58 04/11/2009
A total of 81 people have died of influenza-like diseases in Ukraine, the country's chief sanitary doctor Oleksandr Bilovol said on Wednesday.
- 10:53 04/11/2009
Kazakhstan will start testing a domestically produced A/H1N1 vaccine soon, the country's chief sanitary official Kenes Ospanov said on Wednesday.
- 20:48 03/11/2009
An outbreak of swine flu, which hit Ukraine last week, has claimed the lives of 22 people. The government has imposed quarantines in nine western provinces to curb the spread of swine flu, which originated in the Tirnopol Region.
- 10:51 03/11/2009
Sales of a traditional Chinese medicine against swine flu, which its producer says is especially effective for children, have been launched in China, a local newspaper said on Tuesday.
- 03:34 03/11/2009
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has appealed to the European Commission to provide an urgent assistance to Ukraine in the fight against the swine flu pandemic
- 10:09 02/11/2009
All education establishments in Ukraine's capital were closed on Monday until further notice due to a flu epidemic that has killed 53 people, according to the ex-Soviet state's Health Ministry.
- 20:07 01/11/2009
Ukraine's president has asked the international community for help dealing with a flu epidemic that the country's Health Ministry said on Sunday has killed 53 people.
- 09:25 01/11/2009
Swine flu has been the cause of 39 deaths in Ukraine while over 150,000 people are believed to have been infected with the virus, the Ukrainian Health Ministry said on its website.
- 07:35 31/10/2009
The World Health Organization said that vaccines against swine flu (A/H1N1), that swept worldwide, are safe for people and have no adverse reaction.
- 22:49 30/10/2009
Moscow has offered Kiev assistance in curbing the spread of swine flu, the Russian foreign minister told his Ukrainian counterpart by telephone on Friday.
- 17:41 30/10/2009
More than 5,700 people have died from swine flu worldwide, with the total number of officially confirmed cases exceeding 440,000, as of October 25, the World Health Organization reported on Friday.
- 13:04 30/10/2009
Swine flu has been confirmed as the cause of 30 deaths in western Ukraine since October 19, the country's health minister said on Friday.
- 17:07 29/10/2009
Infection and mortality rates of bird flu, SARS and the swine flu virus during global epidemics
- 19:01 19/10/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a resolution to allocate 4 billion rubles ($136 million) to buy swine flu vaccines.
- 14:59 19/10/2009
The number of people confirmed as having the H1N1 virus in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk has grown up to 53, Russian consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Monday.
- 13:21 24/09/2009
Russia's Health Ministry said on Thursday its inclusion in the World Health Organization's list of countries with swine flu fatalities was based on unverified information.
- 16:48 16/09/2009
A large-scale vaccination campaign against swine flu is scheduled to start in the U.S. in mid-October, local media reported on Wednesday.
- 15:57 26/08/2009
The number of people diagnosed with the swine flu virus in Russia has risen to 211, Russia's chief sanitary official said on Wednesday.
- 21:25 14/07/2009
A fourth person infected with A/H1N1 has been diagnosed in Russia as the global number of swine flu cases surpassed 113,000 people, Russia's chief sanitary doctor said on Tuesday.
- 19:06 29/06/2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday confirmed 70,893 officially registered A/H1N1 cases and 311 deaths in 116 countries and territories worldwide.
- 19:35 22/06/2009
A total of 52,160 cases of human A/H1N1 infection have been registered in 99 countries worldwide, with 231 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report on Monday.
- 11:51 18/06/2009
A visiting cruise ship has been quarantined off Venezuela's coast following an outbreak of swine flu on board.
- 12:48 12/06/2009
Russia has to work now so that it is prepared in the fall to deal with a rise in cases of the H1N1 flu, chief doctor Gennady Onishchenko said on Friday.
- 22:07 11/06/2009
Russia's chief doctor said swine flu could be treated as normal seasonal influenza despite the WHO's classification of the outbreak as a global pandemic, but advised Russians to protect themselves with masks.
- 21:05 11/06/2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Thursday its first flu pandemic of the 21st century following an emergency meeting on the swine flu outbreak that has hit 74 countries.
- 16:22 02/06/2009
- 20:05 27/05/2009
According to the World Health Organization's latest update, a total of 13,398 people in 48 countries worldwide have been officially diagnosed with the A/H1N1 influenza virus, with a total of 95 deaths.
- 14:42 26/05/2009
According to the World Health Organization's latest update, a total of 12,954 people in 46 countries worldwide have been officially diagnosed with the A/H1N1 swine flue virus, with a total of 92 deaths.
- 13:56 26/05/2009
A U.S. plane flew home from Russia's Far East region of Chukotka on Tuesday after local sanitary officials ordered a medical check-up of the pilot over suspected swine flu.
- 10:38 25/05/2009
Argentines attack a bus carrying a Chilean passenger with flu symptoms.
- 09:12 25/05/2009
A second person, recently arrived in Russia from the Dominican Republic, has been diagnosed with swine flu, the country's chief doctor said on Monday.
- 14:11 24/05/2009
Russia's chief sanitary official on Sunday advised Russian citizens against visiting Japan, where human cases of the swine flu virus have been registered.
- 20:57 22/05/2009
A man said earlier on Friday to be the first person in Russia to contract the swine flu virus has told RIA Novosti that he "feels fine."
- 20:00 22/05/2009
Russia's Health Ministry said on Friday that the first case of human swine flu infection has been diagnosed in Moscow.
- 15:01 22/05/2009
A total of 11,168 people in 42 countries worldwide have been officially diagnosed with the A/H1N1 virus as of 06:00 GMT on Friday, with 86 deaths, the World Health Organization said in its daily report.
- 15:23 21/05/2009
A total of 11,034 people in 41 countries worldwide have been officially diagnosed with the A/H1N1 virus as of 06:00 GMT on Thursday, with 85 deaths, the World Health Organization said in its daily report.
- 14:06 21/05/2009
Cases of suspected swine flue infection among schoolchildren in northern China's Inner Mongolia have reached 46, the Sina news agency said on Thursday.
- 18:15 20/05/2009
A total of 10,243 people in 41 countries worldwide have been officially diagnosed with the A/H1N1 virus as of 06:00 GMT Wednesday, with 80 deaths, the World Health Organization said in its daily report.
- 16:54 19/05/2009
Forty countries have reported a total of 9,830 cases of A/H1N1 infection, known as swine flu, including 79 deaths, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
- 09:23 18/05/2009
Japan's Health Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 130 people in the country have been infected with the A/H1N1 influenza virus, commonly known as swine flu.
- 16:56 17/05/2009
The global caseload of human swine flu cases has reached 8,480 in 39 countries, the World Trade Organization said in an update released on Sunday.
- 11:18 17/05/2009
The first human case of A/H1N1 influenza has been confirmed in China's capital, bringing the number of human swine flu cases in mainland China to three, the news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
- 21:35 15/05/2009
- 10:13 15/05/2009
Mexico may have concealed the threat of an outbreak of the swine flu virus, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has said.
- 16:00 14/05/2009
The World Health Organization said on Thursday 33 countries have confirmed a total of 6,497 cases of swine flu, including 65 deaths.
- 15:34 13/05/2009
- 15:34 13/05/2009
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday 33 countries have confirmed a total of 5,728 cases of swine flu, including 61 deaths.
- 15:17 12/05/2009
The World Health Organization has officially confirmed 5,251 cases of A/H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu, with 61 deaths in 30 countries.
- 11:06 12/05/2009
- 11:06 12/05/2009
Thailand and Cuba have joined the list of 30 countries that have reported cases of human A/H1N1 infection, local media said on Tuesday.
- 19:06 11/05/2009
The World Health Organization has officially confirmed 4,694 cases of A/H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu, with 53 deaths in 30 countries.
- 12:45 10/05/2009
- 12:45 10/05/2009
The global caseload of A/H1N1 swine flu cases has reached 4,055, with a death toll of 48, the head of the Novosibirsk-based Vektor virology research center in southwest Siberia said on Sunday.
- 12:25 09/05/2009
- 12:25 09/05/2009
Thousands of Muslims in Egypt have cancelled their plans to conduct a pilgrimage to the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina this year due to the threat of A/N1H1 virus, Egyptian newspaper Al-Masri al-Yaum said on Saturday.
- 21:17 08/05/2009
- 14:20 08/05/2009
- 14:20 08/05/2009
Samples of the A/H1N1 swine flu virus have been delivered from the United States to Russia where scientists will conduct tests and develop a vaccine.
- 09:55 08/05/2009
Brazil and Argentina have confirmed their first cases of swine flu, joining a vast list of countries already hit by the virus, regional authorities have said.
- 20:20 04/05/2009
The number of officially confirmed A/H1N1 virus (swine flu) cases worldwide has exceeded 1,000, Margaret Chan, the head of the World Health Organization, said Monday.
- 12:39 04/05/2009
The Mexican government has said the swine flu outbreak has peaked in the country and is now in decline, with a confirmed human death toll of 22.
- 09:55 04/05/2009
The Mexican government has said the swine flu outbreak has peaked in the country and is now in decline, with a confirmed human death toll of 22.
- 18:55 03/05/2009
The cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, also known as swine flu, have been registered in 17 countries, the Russian consumer rights regulator Rospotrebnadzor said on Sunday, referring to the World Health Organization.
- 11:55 03/05/2009
Mexico's health minister Jose Angel Cordova said that the number of people infected with swine flu had risen to 473 with 19 confirmed deaths.
- 16:18 02/05/2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday said the number of human cases of the swine flu virus A (H1N1) had risen to 615 from 365.
- 14:32 02/05/2009
The U.S. urged Russia and China to lift a ban imposed on imports of raw pork from the United States, the U.S. trade secretary said.
- 11:29 02/05/2009
Mexico's health minister Jose Angel Cordova said that the number of people infected with swine flu had risen to 397 with 16 confirmed deaths.
- 19:50 01/05/2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially confirmed 331 cases of influenza A (H1N1), the technical name for the virus commonly known as swine flu, in 11 countries.
- 14:13 01/05/2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially confirmed 331 cases of influenza A (H1N1), the technical name for the virus commonly known as swine flu, in 11 countries.
- 21:50 30/04/2009
The World Health Organization confirmed 257 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection, the technical name for the virus commonly called swine flu, in 11 countries as of 17:00 GMT on Thursday.
- 10:47 30/04/2009
The World Health Organization has raised its level of swine flu pandemic alert from phase 4 to 5, one step short of a full-scale pandemic, the WHO said on its website on Thursday.
- 19:11 29/04/2009
- 17:24 29/04/2009
Britain confirmed three new instances of swine flu on Wednesday, involving two adults in Birmingham and London and a 12-year-old girl from the southwestern resort of Torbay.
- 16:37 29/04/2009
A 23-month-old child in Texas has died from the swine flu virus, becoming the first fatality from the virus outside Mexico, U.S. health authorities said on Wednesday.
- 14:20 29/04/2009
An Internet computer game aimed at tackling the global spread of swine flu is enjoying huge popularity among users, Mexico's Universal newspaper said on Wednesday.
- 09:36 29/04/2009
There have only been seven deaths in Mexico that can be said without doubt to have been caused by swine flu, the Central American country's health minister has said.
- 18:50 28/04/2009
A Russian expert said on Tuesday a vaccine against swine flu that according to the latest reports has already killed more than 150 people in Mexico could be developed within six months.
- 15:26 28/04/2009
A Russian expert said on Tuesday a vaccine against swine flu that according to the latest reports has already killed more than 150 people in Mexico could be developed within six months.
- 09:51 28/04/2009
The consular section of Russia's embassy in Mexico has suspended its work until May 4 due to the swine flu outbreak that has claimed 149 lives in the country.
- 21:49 27/04/2009
A quake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit Mexico on Monday, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
- 21:35 27/04/2009
The number of people to have died from suspected swine flu in Mexico has risen by 46 to 149, the country's health minister, Jose Angel Cordova, said on Monday.
- 20:22 27/04/2009
The Russian president instructed on Monday regional authorities to take urgent action to prevent the spread of swine flu in Russia, the Kremlin press service said.
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