Swine flu is a respiratory disease that infects pigs and is caused by a flu virus. Pigs can be ill but rarely die from the virus. Normally this virus not infects humans. But occasionally it can happen when people have had close contact with pigs. The flu virus constantly changes and now swine flu spreads from person to person. Swine flu is a new virus so no-one will have immunity to it and everyone could be at risk of catching it. This includes healthy adults as well as older people and children. At this time there had been just seven deaths - all in Mexico - and 79 confirmed cases of the disease.
The Russian official news source confirmed: there are no swine flu cases in Russia at present.
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