Meanwhile, the WHO reported Friday that Russia and Belarus were experiencing a "high to very high intensity of respiratory diseases," the Moscow Times reports. "The Russian areas worst hit by [H1N1] are in the Far East, Siberia and Northwest Russia, Health and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova said last week, without elaborating. At least 31 deaths have been linked to [H1N1] in Russia, and more than 4,560 people have been registered as infected" (11/16).

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