Dozens die of swine flu in Ukraine and Russia
(Vatican Radio) Ukraine and several other former Soviet nations are battling a deadly outbreak of swine flu that has killed scores of people. Schools in Ukraine have been closed since January 16 as part of to stop the swine flu virus from spreading. Kyiv says least 51 people have already died of the dangerous influenza more than half of them in war-torn eastern Ukraine where hospitals are lacking adequate medicine as fighting between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces apparently impacted deliveries.