MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) - 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.
A week ago, almost 5,000 deaths and 414,000 confirmed swine flu infections had been reported.
In its latest report, WHO said swine flu fatalities had been registered for the first time in Russia, Jordan, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Finland, Moldova, and the French overseas department of Guadalupe.
Five deaths from the H1N1 virus have been so far registered in Russia. Three fatalities were reported in the east Siberian city of Chita, one in Moscow, and another one in the Siberian Krasnoyarsk region. The total number of officially confirmed swine flu cases in the country has reached almost 1,900.
Russia's chief sanitary official, Gennady Onishchenko, earlier said the swine flu cases began growing considerably in October, traditionally the time for a seasonal flu outbreak. The country plans to start a swine flu vaccination program in December.
Large-scale immunization campaigns aimed at fighting swine flu are underway in several countries, including the United States and Japan.
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