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Minsk, November 4 (Interfax) - In two weeks 19 people have died of acute pneumonia in Belarus, the swine flu virus was officially confirmed in seven of them, Chief Sanitation Doctor of Belarus Valentina Kachan told the Minsk press on Wednesday.

She said the swine flu virus has been officially diagnosed through laboratory tests in 85 citizens of Belarus. Presently 31 of them are in hospital.