MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - About...

A week ago, almost 5,700 deaths and 440,000 confirmed H1N1 infections had been reported.

In its report on Friday, WHO said swine flu fatalities had been registered for the first time in Afghanistan, Mongolia, Tanzania, Ukraine and Croatia.

As of November 1, over 78,000 swine flu cases and at least 300 fatalities have been registered in Europe alone.

The H1N1 virus has so far been confirmed in 3,122 cases in Russia. Most cases have been registered in Moscow, Siberia"s Krasnoyarsk and the Trans-Baikal regions.

The country"s sanitary and consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Friday that Russia"s swine flu death toll has risen to 19.

Swine flu cases in Russia began growing considerably in October, traditionally the time for a seasonal flu outbreak. The country"s first swine flu deaths were reported on October 27.

Russian Health Minister Tatyana Golikova acknowledged on Friday that the problem was serious, but said there was no reason

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