Russia Reports Its First A/H1N1 Flu-Related Deaths

MOSCOW -- Russia's chief sanitary official was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that two Russian women succumbed to the A/H1N1 flu.

According to Gennady Onishchenko, the sanitary official, the two victims who died in the city of Chita were aged 29 and 50. He added that both victims had tested positive for the A/H1N1 virus and also suffered from pneumonia.

The 29-year-old woman was pregnant and doctors failed to save her baby.

To date, over 1,300 A/H1N1 flu cases had been reported in the country.

Earlier this month, Russia had launched mass production of two A/H1N1 flu vaccines. Health authorities intend to begin an A/H1N1 flu inoculation campaign in December, which would vaccinate 10 million people.