Russia confirms first swine flu case
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said today it has been notified of Russia’s first confirmed case of swine flu.
WHO’s daily updates on the disease provide only the number of new cases and where they occurred.
However, media in Russia said today that a Russian citizen travelling from New York was admitted to a clinic after showing flu symptoms.
WHO’s global tally stood today at 12,022 cases and 86 deaths in 42 countries.
More than half of those cases have been reported in the United States, while most of the deaths occurred in Mexico.
