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Lviv, November 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ten cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus have been confirmed in Lviv region, according to Roman Pavliv, the region's chief sanitary doctor.

"The A/H1N1 flu has been laboratory-confirmed in ten people. Two of them have already recovered, while the others died," he said at a meeting of the collegium of Lviv Regional State Administration on Nov. 13.

Pavliv said that the samples of around 90 other patients had been sent to Kyiv for testing.

We remind that, according to the the press service of Lviv Regional State Administration statement revealed on Nov. 12, flu and acute respiratory infections in Lviv region causeddeath of 85 people.