KIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A swine flu outbreak in Eastern Europe and the Middle East has killed hundreds this winter, with Ukraine the hardest hit.
More than 3.2 million people in Ukraine have been diagnosed since October with the H1N1 virus and most are under 17, the government health ministry reported Tuesday. It reported a total of 246 deaths from the disease. One hundred and seven deaths from H1N1 were reported in Russia, 18 in Armenia, 10 in Georgia and 112 in Iran. There are reports of dozens more in Islamic State-occupied regions of Iraq and Syria.