Global swine flu cases reach 200,000

A total number of laboratory confirmed human cases of swine flu caused by the A/H1N1 virus stands at about 199,034 worldwide, including 1,444 lethal cases.

Russian sanitary officials are continuing with checks on the condition of airline passengers who arrive from countries with confirmed cases of swine flu. Rospotrebnadzor reported it has examined 124 flights, about 14,000 passengers and 880 crew members who arrived in Russia from North, South and Central America, Spain, Japan, the Dominican Republic, China, Thailand, Cyprus, Great Britain and Turkey in 17 Russian airports during the last twenty-four hours. Transit flights are also being checked for safety.

Since the beginning of monitoring Rospotrebnadzor has examined over 9,9 flights, about 826,000 passengers and 66,500 crew members, Russian sanitary officials said; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.